In This Issue:

1 | New voluntary recycling labeling program launched

Several big name brands will begin using a new voluntary recycling label intended to reduce consumer confusion over what's recyclable and what isn't.

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2 | RR Conference 2012: Global recovered paper markets outlook

What will the domestic recovered paper demand in North America look like in the next two years? How massive will the Asian recovered paper import market be? And what does this mean to the North American market? Hannah Zhao of RISI is a leading expert on the world recovered paper market and will share her expertise in this compelling presentation on the current landscape and future projections for global paper markets.

The 2012 Resource Recycling Conference is excited to head to the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas, August 28-29. For more information, 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 | Will scavengers put NYC recycling program on road to ruin?

They come out in the evening. They come out late at night and in the wee hours of the morning. They come with vans and trucks. They know the recycling collection routes. They are scavengers and, according to some, they are causing a problem for the Big Apple's recycling program.

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4 | IP to sell to recycled paperboard mills

As part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, International Paper has agreed to sell two recycled paperboard mills in California to a new company formed by the Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners.

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5 | Recycling in old air force bases takes flight

As U.S. Air Force bases have been steadily closed since the 1980s, many recycling businesses have set up shop in them, according to the Air Force Real Property Agency (AFRPA), which oversees the cleanup and property transfers at these sites.

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6 | Brigade recycling butts

The Canadian branch of TerraCycle, a recycling company known for handling hard-to-recycle consumer packaging, is calling on resource recovery aficionados north of the border to send them boxes of cigarette butts to process into plastic pallets.

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7 | The wide world of recycling

China launches a new effort aimed at recycling the large amounts of electronic scrap routinely imported within its borders, and a German maker of athletic apparel launches a new effort to recycle and reuse old clothes and shoes.

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8 | NewsBits

Two 12-year-olds, two different takes on recycling and StopWaste.Org giving out grants — all in this week's NewsBits.

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9 | 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.

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

PET Industry Data Researcher and Analyst, The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) (Flexible).
Details are available here.

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

Recycling Coordinator, Bio-PAPPEL (Albuquerque, New Mexico).
Details are available here.

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

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

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).

Recycling Supervisor, Drumheller & District Solid Waste Management Association (Drumheller, Alberta).
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].