In This Issue:

1 | Senate committee narrowly approves EPA nominee

President Obama's pick for the new director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is one step closer to starting work as Gina McCarthy's nomination moves to the Senate floor on a party-line vote.

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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 | Environmental Services Group buys Curotto-Ca

Solid waste and recycling hauling equipment giant, Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), is now even bigger, this morning announcing that it has acquired the Curotto-Can Company. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed.

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4 | Connecticut mattress legislation heads to Governor

Connecticut is one more step closer to being the first state in the country to have an extended producer responsibility law for managing end-of-life mattresses.

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5 | Portland, Oregon recycling program dealing with diapers

In switching to every-other-week trash pick-up, Portland, Oregon is finding more waste showing up in residents' recycling bins.

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6 | The wide world of recycling

Italy gets new aluminum recycling capacity, Nine Dragons continues to expand and the U.K. faces serious challenges to reach recycling targets.

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7 | RR Conference 2013: Looking at dual- and single-stream

It's widely known that single-stream recycling collection has become increasingly popular in North America. The primary factors cited for the switch include potential cost savings and the potential for higher diversion, but how has this switch actually impacted municipalities? A thorough assessment, prepared for the Continuous Improvement Fund, turns a critical eye towards nearly 30 single- and dual-stream systems as it examines implications regarding collection, processing, end-market material quality and diversion potential.

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.

8 | NewsBits

SF pilots PAYT, recycled wallets and plastics rooms at malls — all in this week's NewsBits.

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9 | 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.

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

MRF Manager III (Materials Recycling Facility), Waste Management (Spokane, Washington).
Details are available online.

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].