In This Issue:

1 | ReCommunity purchases Hudson Baylor

With its purchase of Hudson Baylor, ReCommunity continues its ambitious expansion plans, picking up a dozen materials processing facilities, with two more opening later on this year and gaining the company's first foothold in the Southwest.

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2 | PRC 2012: Who's who in plastics recycling

Sponsoring and/or exhibiting at the Plastics Recycling 2012 Conference, to be held March 20-21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, provides your company the perfect opportunity to reach key industry decision makers. Buying, networking, selling — business gets done at Plastics Recycling 2012.

A veritable who's who of the plastics industry will be walking the trade show floor and the halls of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, none more so visible than our sponsors and trade show exhibitors, including:

Contact Cara Bergeson, conference manager, at [email protected] for additional information on sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities. For additional information, including conference attendee registration, please visit www.plasticsrecycling.com or click on the banner below.

3 | Sonoco Recycling moves toward single-stream

Sonoco Recycling, a major processor of recovered fiber, plans to make advances in single-stream recycling processing.

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4 | Massachusetts redemption centers seek relief

In Massachusetts, centers used to redeem beverage containers under the state's bottle bill are struggling to stay afloat as their expenses rise, while handling fees have remained stagnant for the last two decades.

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5 | EPA chief ties jobs to high recycling rate

During a daytime talk show, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave her advice to the American public on what the biggest thing they could do make the world a cleaner and healthier place. Hint: It involves not throwing things in the trash.

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6 | Recycling coalition seeks to keep textiles from landfills

A coalition of clothing brands, retailers, municipalities, charitable organizations and recycling companies have launched a new website to accompany a public outreach campaign focused on the importance of recycling clothing and textiles.

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7 | IKEA switches to paper pallets

In a move to boost its bottom line, Swedish retailer IKEA is opting for a new material for its shipping pallets that is easier to recycle.

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8 | The wide world of recycling

Japan achieves an astonishing plastics recycling rate and a large landfill in Mexico is closed as part of plan by local authorities to boost recycling.

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9 | NewsBits

Last chance to vote for USCC poster, Rahm brags about privatizing recycling and making compost bin oragami — all in this week's NewsBits.

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10 | Upcoming conferences & webinars

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences and webinars! If you have a conference or webinar that you would like listed, please send an email to [email protected] for consideration.

11 | Jobs Available & Sought

Administrator, Solid Waste, City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.

Coordinator of Recycling Program, Horry County Solid Waste Authority (Conway, South Carolina).
Details are available online.

Manager of Program Operations for Recycling & Solid Waste, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).
Details are available online (Req # 79384).

Program Manager, Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (Montpelier, Vermont).
Details are available online.

Director of Business Development, Mextek (Dallas-Fort Worth Area).
Details are available here.

Project Manager — WM Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana and Kansas City, Kansas).
Details are available online (Indianapolis Job #113648, Kansas City Job #113581).

Facility General Manager — Minneapolis Product Recovery Center, Waste Management, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Details are available online (Job #113234).

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 managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].