In This Issue:

1 | Guiyu lead contamination raises alarm

A researcher in China says that 88 percent of the blood samples taken from children in Guiyu, China clearly show lead poisoning. The findings are made more significant by their publication in the government-owned China Daily. China has, until recently, downplayed reports of Guiyu's e-waste hazards.

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2 | R2 board reviews funding options

The R2 Solutions board of directors has outlined guiding principles for a long-term funding strategy for the R2 standard's housing entity.

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3 | Illinois landfill ban starts Jan. 1

Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, a key part of the revisions to Illinois' e-scrap law goes into effect, expanding the landfill ban from four categories of electronics to 17.

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4 | Report looks to influence WEEE revision

With the European Union on the verge of revising its WEEE directive, makeITfair, a group seeking to call attention to environmental damage that waste electronics can cause, has released a report highlighting the problems of e-waste flowing from Europe to Ghana.

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5 | WRAP offers reuse protocols

The U.K.'s Waste & Resource Action Programme hopes to bolster efforts to halve the millions of tons of WEEE thrown away each year with a new set of reuse protocols.

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6 | 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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7 | NewsBits

The STeP initiative, e-scrap art, trade-in programs and more in this week's NewsBits.

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8 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

9 | Jobs Available & Sought

Sales Representative, ACME Electronics Recycling (Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available here.

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].