In This Issue:

1 | Indiana gets ready for recycling overhaul

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is set to sign a statewide recycling bill that will create an aspirational goal of reaching a 50 percent recycling rate while reworking the way annual data is reported.

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2 | Louisville opts for wet-dry method

Louisville, Kentucky officials decided to switch from single-stream recycling collection to a wet-dry collection program in an effort to increase diversion rates.

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3 | Non-bottle rigid plastics recycling on the rise in 2012

Non-bottle rigid plastics recycling was up 10 percent in the U.S. in 2012.

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4 | Recycle-Bowl champion crowned, awarded $4,000

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) has named California's Foothill Elementary School the latest Recycle-Bowl champion.

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5 | Is Chinese recycling demand starting to fall?

Economic indicators point to a continuing decline in orders for recovered materials by Chinese companies. And with China being the second-largest economy in the world, this is affecting local recycling markets in North America.

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6 | NewsBits

The Obama administration proposes cuts to the 2015 EPA budget, and New York City's mayor names a new sanitation commissioner. NewsBits details those headlines as well as a study that explains how California could add 100,000 jobs by boosting diversion rates.

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7 | Industry and supplier news

The Bureau of International Recycling's Textiles Division, the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association, and the Council for Textile Recycling will co-organize an International Textile Recycling Summit on June 2. The event is happening in conjunction with the Bureau of International Recycling's World Recycling Convention in Miami. The International Textile Recycling Summit is the first-ever event where all of the major stakeholders in the international textile recycling industry will gather to discuss industry trends, concerns and emerging markets. For more information, visit www.bir.org.

8 | 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.

9 | Jobs available & sought

Sustainability and Intergovernmental Program Manager, City of Moreno Valley (Moreno Valley, California).
Details are available here.

Recycling Program Administrator, City of Denver (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Sales Manager, EREMA North America, Inc. (Ipswich, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Operations Manager, Smurfit Kappa (Arlington, Texas).
Details are available here.

Recycling Specialist, City of Livermore (Livermore, California).
Details are available here.

Industrial Development Representative, North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Details are available here.

Product Sales Manager, Synagro (Central Valley/Southern California).
Details are available here.

Various, Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (National).
Details are available here.

Various Sales Positions, Waste Management (National).
Details are available here.

Various, Product Stewardship Institute (Boston, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].