In This Issue:

1 | New Ontario waste act would overhaul recycling program

Ontario's environment minister Jim Bradley yesterday introduced a new Waste Reduction Act and Strategy, which would make numerous changes to the province's solid waste and recycling management, including doing away with controversial eco-fees and allow for greater industry funding of curbside recycling collection.

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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 | Exports in March tell a grim story for plastics

In part due to the ongoing effects of the tightening scrap market due to Operation Green Fence, exports of some recovered materials, notably plastics, were down sharply in March.

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4 | AF&PA: OCC hits 91 percent recovery rate

According to figures from the American Forest & Paper Association, 91 percent of corrugated packaging in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2012.

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5 | U.K. pivots to plastic recycling market development

The British Plastics Federation says more incentives are needed for manufacturers to use recycled plastics in the U.K., rather than exporting them.

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6 | California Senate passes mattress recycling legislation

Following last week's enactment of Connecticut's mattress recycling law, California looks to join the Constitution State as the Senate passes a bill seeking to manage end-of-life mattresses.

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7 | Oyster recycling heads to the Big Easy

Some New Orleans area restaurants are starting to recover oysters sold and consumed and returning them to Louisiana coastal waterways under a new pilot program.

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8 | RR Conference 2013: EPR lessons learned from British Columbia

British Columbia has taken a revolutionary step in establishing a province-wide extended producer responsibility (EPR) model for printed paper and consumer packaging. Fully funded by industry, this bold new approach has been the target of strong opinions from both advocates and critics. This informative session explores the diversity of opinions about what happens when a province converts its recycling system from a government-mandated model to an EPR one. In this candid session, four experts with diverse perspectives will share the nitty-gritty details of what's happening in British Columbia and will present a fair and balanced understanding of the concept, process and framework.

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.

9 | NewsBits

USPS recovers thousands of tons of material, Chicago hands out rollcarts and plastics recycling goes to the bathroom— 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

Senior Analyst, MSW Consultants (Orlando, Florida).
Details are available online.

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

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 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].