In This Issue:

1 | An inside look at Operation Green Fence

Patty Moore and Sally Houghton, of Moore Recycling Associates Inc., lay out some key takeaways from meetings with Chinese government officials, scrap processors and traders in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Hong Kong.

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2 | Exide settlement greeted with jeers

Demanding "immediate accountability" from leadership at Exide Technologies, officials and residents near Vernon, California are pushing back against a recent financial settlement the battery recycling company reached with the state.

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3 | Costs block commercial composting at restaurants

The National Restaurant Association has released its inaugural sustainability report, encouraging restaurants around the country to "reduce, reuse, repurpose [and] recycle." But it also finds that the price tag on heading toward zero waste can be seen as too steep for some.

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4 | Plastics-to-fuel firm moves closer to issuing IPO

A U.S. firm is getting closer to building a huge plant in Indiana where non-recyclable plastics would be converted into fuel granules to be used in nearby steelmaking blast furnaces.

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5 | CarbonLite plans major bottle-recycling plant in Texas

Bottle-recycling company CarbonLite announced plans for a $40 million facility as the firm expands its partnership with Nestle Waters North America.

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6 | Wide world of recycling

A national container deposit proposal causes turmoil within Keep Australia Beautiful, Novelis completes a major South Korean expansion and more international news.

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7 | NewsBits

RockTenn announces the closing of a recovered paper plant, a Florida airport recycles its tarmac and researchers detail prehistoric waste diversion. Read all about it in NewsBits.

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8 | Requests for proposals

The City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County, Wisconsin are jointly issuing an RFP for Regional Recycling System for the Processing and Marketing of Single Stream Recyclables, which is available under "Sanitation" here.

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, is searching for a consultant to help the country develop construction and demolition recycling requirements. Details are available here.

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

Marketing Manager, Resource Recycling Systems (Ann Arbor, Michigan or telecommute).
Details are available here.

Furniture Reuse Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).
Details are available here.

Resource Management Coordinator, City of Dubuque (Dubuque, Iowa).
Details are available here.

Market Development Specialist, U.S. Composting Council (Location flexible).
Details are available here.

Intern, Castro Valley Sanitary District (Castro Valley, California).
Details are available here.

Director-Project Management, Recyclebank (New York).
Details are available here.

Midwest Region Recycling General Manager; Integrated paper, recycling and converting packaging company.
Details are available here.

VP of Sales and Marketing, CP Group (San Diego, California).
Details are available here.

Business Development Associate, Lifespan Technology Recycling, Inc. (Multiple Locations).
Details are available here.

VP of Business Development, Integrated Communications and Technologies (Malden, Massachusetts).
Details are available here.

Sales Personnel, American Reclamation, Inc. (Los Angeles, California).
Details are available here.

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

Various, 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 associate editor Dan Leif at [email protected].