In This Issue:

1 | Ontario report: Province is landfilling jobs across the border

A study investigating the economic potential of waste diversion in Ontario argues the province should focus on more than just lifting recycling rates — it also needs to stop sending so much material to the U.S.

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2 | Resource Recycling Conference 2014: The latest on foodservice packaging recovery

Several years ago, the foodservice packaging industry launched the Paper Recovery Alliance and Plastics Recovery Group to increase the recycling and composting of their products.

What progress has been made? At this year's Resource Recycling Conference, The Foodservice Packaging Institute's Natha Dempsey will share the group's MRF-to-market approach and discuss projects undertaken to overcome the real and perceived barriers to recover more paper and plastic foodservice packaging. Highlights include the results of various food residue studies and a MRF survey on foodservice packaging acceptance. Dempsey will also detail innovative work being done to bolster end markets for recovered materials.

Be a part of this fascinating discussion and many others at Resource Recycling Conference 2014, taking place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Sept. 15-17. Head to rrconference.com for more information on attending, sponsoring and exhibiting.

3 | Is another EPR program headed to British Columbia?

British Columbia's hotly debated, producer-led recycling program is only weeks into implementation, but already the seeds of another plan are being planted.

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4 | Programs in action

In this week's assessment of local recycling initiatives, single-stream recycling is a major focus.

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5 | Patent watch

A New York company gains protection for a method of tracking recycling carts, and Indiana researchers have developed an innovation for PET scrap processing. Get the details on those industry-related technologies and others in our patents listing.

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6 | NewsBits

A group pushing for more extended producer responsibility in recycling voices some criticism of the Closed Loop Fund. Read the details in NewsBits.

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7 | Industry and supplier news

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers is the latest industry entity to offer its support of the Recycling Partnership, a new recycling infrastructure improvement initiative managed by the Curbside Value Partnership. More information can be found here.

Republic Services has brought on a former JetBlue executive to bolster its leadership. The publicly traded waste and recycling giant named Robert A. Maruster its executive vice president, chief operating officer, putting him in charge of 170 business units and 29,000 employees. The company operates 64 recycling facilities. At JetBlue, Maruster had been executive vice president, chief operating officer since 2009.

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

Environmental Planner, Department of Ecology (Lacey, Washington).
Details are available here.

State Program Coordinator, Mattress Recycling Council (Connecticut/Rhode Island).
Details are available here.

Solid Waste Director, Canyon County Waste Management (Caldwell, Idaho).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, Eco-Cycle (Boulder, Colorado).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, Bulk Handling Systems (Eugene, Oregon).
Details are available here.

Various Positions, NRT (Nationwide).
Details are available here.

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

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

Various Positions, 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 web content manager Jade Rhianna at [email protected].