In This Issue:

1 | Wisconsin Governor puts recycling in crosshairs

As part of his ongoing controversial efforts to slash a $2.5 billion state budget deficit, Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker is looking to get rid of the state's mandatory recycling programs and the subsidies that fund it.

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2 | Bag and film recycling report released

Americans recycled a record number of plastic bags and film in 2009, according to a new report from the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council.

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3 | MIT tracks trash for study

Out of sight, out of mind has long been the mindset of many when taking out the trash. But a new project from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks to illuminate what happens where disposals after being disposed.

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4 | Oregon senator resists plastic bag pushback

The Oregonian is reporting on a heated exchange between the main sponsor of the state's proposed bag ban and Hilex Poly, one of the country's largest plastic bag manufacturers. Hilex said a bag ban in the state would negatively affect plans to construct a plastic bag recycling facility in Oregon.

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5 | Panel outlines recycling's role in climate change

The final day of the recently concluded Plastics Recycling Conference in New Orleans opened with a panel examining recycling's broader impact beyond simply materials recovery. On the agenda was the relationship between recycling, product life cycle assessments (LCA) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and what they mean for businesses.

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6 | Compostable SunChips bag makes comeback

Remember those SunChips bags made out of plant material that were praised for being compostable, but were excoriated by consumers for loudness and pulled from the shelves? Well, the company that manufacturers them have brought them back, in a quieter form.

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7 | Upcoming conferences

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8 | Jobs Available & Sought

Project Manager, Kessler Consulting, Inc. (Tampa, Florida).
Details are available here.

Recycling Program Assistant, City of Beaverton (Beaverton, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Waste & Recycling Programs Manager, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire).
Details are available online.

Business Development Manager, Ecovery (Loxley, Alabama).
Details are available here.

Environmental Planner, Solid Waste Reduction & Recycling Program, City of Fort Collins, Colorado (Fort Collins, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Recycling Programs Supervisor, Orange County Solid Waste Management (Chapel Hill, North Carolina).
Details are available online.

Recycling Coordinator, The Alabama Environmental Council (Birmingham, Alabama).
Details are available online.

Construction Millwright, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

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

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

Recycling Coordinator, Bio-Pappel (Colorado Springs, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Plant Manager, Bio-Pappel (Colorado Springs, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Plastics Business Development, Continental Waste Management LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

PET Procurement Specialist, Perpetual Recycling Solutions (Richmond, Indiana).
Details are available here.

New Business Development Inside Sales Representative, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available online.

New Business Development Field Sales Representative, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available online.

Account Executive, Sims Metal Management (West Chicago, Illinois).
Details are available online.

Outside Account Representative, Global Green Solutions of Indiana (Indianapolis, Indiana).
Details are available here.

Business Development Manager, Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (National).
Details are available here.

Organics Recycling Operations Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Eastern Region).
Details are available here.

Organics Recycling Operations Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Southern U.S. Region).
Details are available online, search for job number 102782.

Materials Recovery Facility Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Minneapolis).
Details are available online, search for job number 102790.

VP Sales and Marketing, Omni Resource Recovery, Inc..
Details are available here.

Various Positions, General Kinematics (Crystal Lake, Illinois).
Details are available online.

Recycling and Resource Conservation Program Coordinator, Kane County Department of Facilities, Subdivision, and Environmental Resources (Geneva, Illinois).
Details are available online.

Jobs Sought
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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].