In This Issue:

1 | RR Conference 2011 knocks one out of the park

Over 500 recycling professionals from the U.S., Canada and around the world met, networked and learned last week at the second annual Resource Recycling Conference at the world-class JW Marriott hotel in downtown Indianapolis.

From the passionate opening session which saw a vibrant debate between Nestl� Waters North America's Michael Washburn, and John Shanahan of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, on recycling's most pressing issue — extended producer responsibility, to an animated look into the unsure future of paper markets with Sylvain-Yves Longval of Abitibi-Bowater, Inc., Bill Moore of Moore & Associates and American Chung Nam Group's Wade Schuetzeberg.

"Real debate without rancor," said one conference attendee, "that's something that I've never seen at a conference."

Many other notable sessions were held, from a fascinating look at MIT's SENSEable City Lab tracking thousands of recyclables from households in Seattle to the second annual lightning session with recycling experts from around the country holding forth on topics as varied as the best management practices in food scrap recovery to seeing what the net effect recycling has on job creation.

Save the date for the next Resource Recycling Conference to be held August 28-29, 2012 in Austin, Texas!

2 | AYS responds to criticism

In response to a story in last week's newsletter which raised some questions on the latest As You Sow report on container recycling, the organization's senior program director, Conrad MacKerron reached out to Resource Recycling in an attempt to clarify the story.

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3 | ESC 2011: The need for rare earth metals recovery

Many of the 17 rare earth metals mined in the world eventually end up in electronics. Serious geopolitical concerns have resulted in a steep increase in the value of these metals and an ensuing tightness in supply, with many key leaders calling for increased rare earth metal recycling. But can they be recycled? Who's doing it now? What's the future? Research is underway to answer these and other key questions.

Don't miss this year's E-Scrap Conference, which will be held October 5-6 at the Omni Championsgate in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.e-scrapconference.com, or click the banner below.

4 | Many return following NRC election

The National Recycling Coalition elected nine members to its board of directors and gave many board members another term, during its meeting at the 2011 Resource Recycling Conference last week in Indianapolis.

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5 | Model PET thermoform recycling program RFP open

Looking to improve the collection and intermediate processing of PET thermoformed packaging, plastics trade group SPI has issued a $100,000 request for proposal (RFP) open to recycling program operators in the U.S.

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6 | Recyclebank is heading back to school

Recyclebank has launched a new campaign called Green Your School Year Challenge that seeks to encourage families to keep the environment in mind during the back-to-school season.

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7 | AF&PA: paper news roundup

According to recently-released figures from the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) total production and shipment figures were up and down for boxboard, containerboard, Kraft paper, printing-writing paper and recovered paper in July 2011.

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8 | NewsBits

Aluminum can recycling up, EPA bans controversial herbicide and chickens winning film prizes — all in this week's NewsBits.

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9 | Upcoming conferences

Click here for a complete directory of upcoming conferences!

10 | Jobs Available & Sought

Manager, Recycling Programs, Keep America Beautiful (Washington, DC).
Details are available here.

Recycling Program Manager, City of Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria, Virginia).
Details are available online.

Recycling Salesperson, Balcones Recycling (Dallas, Texas).
Details are available here.

Waste Prevention Specialist, Center for Ecological Technology (CET) (Pittsfield, Massachusetts).
Details are available online.

Manager, Environmental Stewardship, University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas).
Details are available online. (Search "unclassified professional staff" listings for job number 01117001).

Environmental Analyst III, Vermont Solid Waste Program of the Waste Management and Prevention Division (Waterbury, Vermont).
Details are available online. (#28792)

Environmental Analyst IV, Vermont Solid Waste Program of the Waste Management and Prevention Division (Waterbury, Vermont).
Details are available online. (#28791)

Sustainable Multifamily Project Coordinator, Clackamas County Office of Sustainability (Oregon City, Oregon).
Details are available online.

Asset and Planning Strategy Director, Georgia-Pacific (National).
Details are available online.

Entry Level Sales Executive/Fiber Market Trader, Georgia-Pacific (Washington State).
Details are available online (Job Number #707).

Account Representative, Georgia-Pacific (Jericho, New York and Los Angeles).
Details are available online (Jericho Job Number #705, LA Job Number #2887).

Account Executive, Information Systems Resources (Detroit, Michigan).
Details are available here.

Senior Associate, Cascadia Consulting Group (San Jose, California).
Details are available here.

Operations Manager, IMS Electronics (East Coast).
Details are available here.

Wireless Process Engineer, Global Electric Electronic Processing Inc. (Barrie, Ontario).
Details are available here.

Total Recycling Program Manager (TRPM), Waste Management, Inc. (Around the U.S.).
Details are available online (Job #112717, #112571, #112624, #112569, #112718).

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].