In This Issue:

1 | Rare earth producer halts production

Supplies of rare earth metals are tightening as China's largest producer of the essential substances plans to suspend production for one month in an effort to bolster prices.

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2 | Ghana report gives e-waste numbers

Ghana has released its e-Waste Country Assessment, which studies the role of electronic scrap in the country as part of components 1 and 2 of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention e-Waste Africa Project.

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3 | Joplin e-scrap cleanup benefits from pre-planning

With help from homeowners who were willing to separate their debris and volunteers who lent a hand, contractors collected 156 tons of e-scrap and 257 tons of white goods for recycling, following last May's tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri.

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4 | British Columbia recycling starts smoothly

In British Columbia, small electrical appliances including toasters, hair dryers, vacuums, fans, irons, clocks and other household items will cost a bit more as part of a government-approved program to keep them out of landfills.

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5 | Certification scorecard

With the roster of companies attaining third-party certifications or audits continuing to grow, E-Scrap News has compiled a round-up of the firms announcing certification this past week.

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6 | NewsBits

Green rankings and take-back in this week's NewsBits.

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7 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Glass Recycling Plant Supervisor, ECS Refining (Stockton, California).
Details are available here.

Regional Sales Professional, Universal Recycling Technologies (Janesville, Wisconsin).
Details are available here.

Sales/Purchasing Manager, Advantage Cartridge (Fort Wayne, Indiana).
Details are available here.

Industrial Maintenance Manager, ECS REfining (Stockton, California).
Details are available here.

Regional Sales Professional, Universal Recycling Technologies (Janesville, Wisconsin).
Details are available here.

Sales Rep, Asset Management & Disposal (Richardson, Texas).
Details are available here.

Account Executive, ECS Refining (Santa Clara, California).
Details are available here.

Sales Representative, Globaltek Components (Milton, New Hampshire).
Details are available here.

Virginia Sales Representative, Synergy Recycling (Hampton Roads, Virginia).
Details are available here.

Account Executive — Information System Resources (Detroit, Michigan).
Details are available here.

VP of E-Waste Supply, BioMine.
Details are available here.

E-Recycling Plant Manager, BioMine.
Details are available here.

E-scrap Broker, BioMine.
Details are available here.

Recycling Account Executive, Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. (ERI) (National).
Details are available here.

Regional Account Executive - Electronics/Precious Metals Refining, Gannon & Scott (Raleigh/Durham , North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Enterprise Account Executive, Liquid Technology (New York City).
Details are available here.

Wireless Process Engineer, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Recycling Consultant, TeleCycle, LLC. (Major cities of the East Coast and Midwest States).
Details are available here.

Business Development Representative, Beacon Management Inc. (BMI) (Century City, California).
Details are available here.

Sales Executive, All Green Electronics Recycling (Tustin, California).
Details are available here.

Operations Manager, All Green Recycling (Orange, California).
Details are available here.

Jobs Sought
Database of job seekers available here.

If you would like to submit a job available or job sought listing, send an email to newsletter editor Henry Leineweber at [email protected].