In This Issue:

1 | Green Fence divides recycling industry

The plastics recycling industry is grappling with what to do about China's Green Fence, with some arguing it's a disaster and others saying it's the best thing to happen to domestic plastics recycling in years.

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2 | Free listings available for the Resource Recycling Equipment Buyers' Guide

If you manufacture recycling or composting equipment, be sure your company is listed in the all-new edition of our Recycling Equipment Buyers' Guide. Go to www.resource-recycling.com/buyersguide or click on the banner below to download a listing form. Send your free listing in today!

Enhanced listings with logos are available. Contact Resource Recycling advertising director, Rick Downing, with any questions. He can be contacted at [email protected] or (440) 257-6453.

3 | EPA nominee blocked by Republican senators

Eight Republican U.S. senators from that body's Environment Committee have refused to vote on whether Gina McCarthy can fill the vacated directorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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4 | Cincinnati ends Recyclebank program

Cincinnati has ended its partnership with recycling rewards firm Recyclebank, citing disappointing participation rates in the rewards program.

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5 | Millions in grants handed out in PA, NC

Grants given out to recycling businesses and municipalities can be a key way to boost recycling in states around the country. North Carolina and Pennsylvania do this in spades, recently handing out more than $2.3 million, between the two states.

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6 | Massachusetts 10-year plan includes single-stream, waste-to-energy

Massachusetts recently released a new 10-year master solid waste plan which seeks to boost the Bay State's recycling rate by supporting single-stream curbside recycling collection and, controversially, by reversing an over two-decades-old moratorium on new solid waste incinerators.

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7 | Keep America Beautiful, Goodwill partner to reduce end-of-year campus waste

A pilot program by Goodwill and Keep America Beautiful seeks to find best practices for end-of-year dumping on college campuses.

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8 | Newsletters reach record readership

The three weekly electronic newsletters published by Resource Recycling, Inc. now reach more than 47,000 managers and executives. "As likely the largest distributor of recycling-only news in North America, I'm very pleased with our continuing growth in readership," said Jerry Powell, the firm's president. The company's municipal waste recycling periodical, Resource Recycling, is distributed to more than 24,000 industry leaders, while Plastics Recycling Update and E-Scrap News are published weekly for audiences of between 11,000 and 12,000 each.

9 | APR to address shrink sleeve labels

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers has formed a working group to tackle the problem of contamination in bales from full wrap shrink sleeve labels.

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10 | RR Conference 2013: Labeling "How2Recycle"

Variation in recycling programs, unclear labeling and inaccurate recyclability claims make proper recycling a real challenge. To combat these barriers, GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) created the How2Recycle Label to provide consistent and transparent on-package recycling information to consumers. The recent soft launch of the How2Recycle had participation from a dozen companies, but SPC hopes to have the label on most consumer goods packaging by 2015. This timely presentation by industry expert, Anne Bedarf, offers the nitty-gritty details about this promising tool, including how you can get involved.

Find out what works for recycling at the 2013 Resource Recycling Conference to be held August 27-28 at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky. For more information, including information on booking a hotel room, session topics, or exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.rrconference.com or click on the banner below.

11 | NewsBits

Mobro makes a comeback, re-opening mills and the PlantBottle comes to China — all in this week's NewsBits.

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12 | Requests for proposals

CRRA is seeking proposals from qualified entities to provide operation and maintenance and commodity marketing services at the CSWS Regional Recycling Facility. Click here for more information.

13 | 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.

14 | Jobs Available & Sought

Special Projects and Materials Manager, Dane County Department of Solid Waste (Madison, Wisconsin).
Details are available online.

Executive Director, California Resource Recovery Association (California).
Details are available online.

Waste Services Operations Supervisor, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Details are available online.

Vice President of Sales and Marketing, IMS Electronics Recycling (National).
Details are available online.

Business Development Supervisor, IMS Electronics Recycling (Vancouver, Washington).
Details are available online.

Business Development Representative, IMS Electronics Recycling (Decatur, Georgia).
Details are available online.

Business Development Associate, Lifespan Technology Recycling, Inc. (Multiple Locations).
Details are available here.

General Manager, Emterra Environmental (Regina,Saskatchewan).
Details are available here.

BuRRT Site Manager, Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency (Santa Fe, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

Director of Business Development, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Account Executive, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

General Manager, Reworx Recycling (Kennesaw, Georgia).
Details are available online.

Sales Personnel, American Reclamation, Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.

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

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

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].