In This Issue:

1 | BHS makes big optical sorting buy

Bulk Handling Systems, the Eugene, Oregon recycling systems company, has acquired National Recovery Systems, a Nashville company that designs and manufactures optical sorting equipment for the solid waste and recycling industries.

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2 | RR Conference 2012: How to get more materials recovered

Three noteworthy organizations have sprung up in the last year, all aimed at boosting packaging recycling rates through industry-driven initiatives. This compelling panel features key members of each organization who will share these group's goals and strategies for getting more materials recycled.

Under the banner of Action to Accelerate Recycling, 90 corporate, trade group, environmental and governmental leaders met in February to devise a plan to push packaging recycling levels higher. With such an impressive array of powerful members from all across the supply chain, this voluntary, action oriented initiative has the potential to drastically impact the national recycling landscape. But how do they plan to achieve their ambitious goals? Learn more about this brand-new endeavor from Beth Schmitt, director of recycling programs for Alcoa.

AMERIPEN is a new packaging trade organization with a special focus on how public policies impact the packaging value chain. Representing the broad interests of the industry — including raw material producers, packaging manufacturers, packaging users and fillers, retailers and material recovery organizations — this new organization is poised to become an integral center for influencing environmental packaging issues related to legislation and regulation.

Recycling Reinvented is a brand-new nonprofit organization committed to advancing recycling rates of waste packaging and printed material in the United States through an extended producer responsibility (EPR) model. The product of a dialogue process initiated by Nestle Waters North America and convened by Future 500, you don't want to miss Recycling Reinvented's executive director, Paul Gardner, as he outlines how the new organization will strive for brand owners of packaging and printed materials to cover the cost of managing their products.

Don't miss this critical, forward-thinking session moderated by Scott Cassel, founder and CEO of the Product Stewardship Institute. For more information on the 2012 Resource Recycling Conference, to be held at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas, August 28-29, including information on the Hilton Austin, session topics and the agenda, or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

3 | Pepsi provides Dream Machine update

PepsiCo has unveiled the two-year results of its Dream Machine project, which is intended to provide recycling receptacles in high-traffic public places, such as gas stations, retail stores, sports stadiums and others, while also providing consumers an incentive to not trash their recyclables while on the go.

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4 | Recycling in New Jersey to continue upward

Twenty-five years after mandating residential recycling, New Jersey experts say the Garden State's materials recovery system will continue to improve.

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5 | Coke, KAB name bin grant recipients

The Coca-Cola Foundation, working in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, has announced the recipients of this round of Recycling Bin Grant Program.

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6 | Export watch

The latest export numbers for plastic, paper, ferrous and aluminum scrap.

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7 | Groups come together to push EPR

A new organization has been formed by a coalition of environmentally-mined groups from across the nation to push for an extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework.

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8 | AF&PA: Paper news roundup

According to recently-released figures from the American Forest & Paper Association, total production and shipment figures were down for boxboard, containerboard, Kraft paper and printed-writing paper in March 2012.

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9 | NewsBits

Denver takes cartons, reusable bags under fire and "peak plastic" — 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

Project Intern, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Various Positions Highlighted by the Northern California Recycling Association (Northern California Area).
Details are available online.

Operations Manager, Postconsumer Processing, Warehouse and Brokering Operation (Kansas).
Details are available here.

School Carton Recycling Campaign Coordinator, Resource Recycling Systems (Eastern U.S.).
Details are available here.

Safety Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona).
Details are available online (#121311).

Project Specialist, WM Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (Calgary, Alberta).
Details are available here.

Project Manager, WM Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (Edmonton Region).
Details are available here.

Municipal Marketing Representative III, Waste Management, Inc. (Baltimore/Washington D.C. Area).
Details are available online (#12838).

Municipal Marketing Representative III, Waste Management, Inc. (Baltimore/Washington D.C. Area).
Details are available online (#12838).

Facility General Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Mira Loma, California).
Details are available online (#121050).

MRF Manager II, Waste Management, Inc. (Denver, Colorado).
Details are available online.

Plant Maintenance Manager, Waste Management, Inc. (Auburn, Washington).
Details are available online.

Manager, Operations Improvement II, Waste Management, Inc. (Kirkland, Washington).
Details are available online.

Recycling Program Manager, City and County of Denver (Denver, CO).
Details are available online.

Division Superintendent, Solid Waste and Recycling, Town of Needham, Massachusetts (Needham, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.

Community Recycling Specialist / Outside Sales, USAgain (2000), LLC (Mount Vernon, New York).
Details are available online.

Project Consultant Positions, StewardEdge (Toronto and the U.S.).
Details are available online (click on Careers, Contact & Press).

Solid Waste and Recycling Program Professional, J.M. Waller Associates Inc. (Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri).
Details are available online.

Auditor-Financial Analyst for Recycling Industry, HF&H Consultants (Irvine, California).
Details are available online.

Business Manager, Recycle-Logic (Red Deer, Alberta).
Details are available online.

Production Manager, Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery (RCR&R) (Victor, New York).
Details are available here.

Paper Recycling Plant Manager, Corrugated Services (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
Details are available here.

Director of Business Development, Mextek (Dallas-Fort Worth 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 managing editor Dylan de Thomas at [email protected].