Resource Recycling

December 14, 2011

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1 | A battle over newspaper


A county in northeast Ohio is battling a large maker of paper and paper products over the collection of old newspapers, with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake.

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The City of Toronto has issued a RFQ to procure 2, 3 or 4 contracts to provide processing services for a total of up to 190,000 tonnes of Single-Stream Recyclable Materials (SSRM) at facilities owned and/or operated by the Contractor over a maximum period of 19 months. The RFQ is available here.


2 | PRC 2012: Save the date for March in Atlanta


Want to keep on top of the world of plastics recycling? Be sure to save the date for the Plastics Recycling 2012 Conference & Trade Show, to be held March 20-21, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Plastics Recycling Conference is lauded as the biggest and best in the world by past attendees, attracting everyone who's anyone in the plastics recycling industry: Business leaders and experts, attending the in-depth industry assessments, educational sessions or walking the extensive trade show floor. It is an event not to be missed. To register, go to www.plasticsrecycling.com or click on the banner below.

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3 | EPS recycling ticks upward


Recycling of expanded polystyrene has reached "a stable baseline of incremental growth and steady end-use market developments," according to recent findings.

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5 | Buyers sought for mixed rigid household plastics


We will soon publish a directory of domestic and foreign buyers of non-bottle mixed rigid household plastics. If you buy mixed bales of post-consumer items such as plastic tubs, pots, pails, toys or furniture, please contact us. Just send your name, company name, location and email address to [email protected].

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6 | Columbus goes curbside


Citywide curbside recycling is on its way to Ohio's largest city.

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7 | Lead heads south of the border


Faced with heightened restrictions on lead pollution from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more companies are exporting scrap lead batteries south of the border for recycling where regulations are lax and public health at risk.

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8 | RR's recycled products holiday buyers' guide


Every month, Resource Recycling features a column on the most interesting recycled products on the market and, just in time for your holiday buying, we put together a list of consumer products containing recycled content. Click here or on the banner below to see the column.

And, if you know of a product out there — consumer or industrial — that contains recycled content, please send that tip along to [email protected] and we might feature it in a future column.

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9 | The wide world of recycling


A U.K. metals recycling trade organization teams up with local law enforcement agencies to combat illicit scrap selling, Israel continues to invest in its recycling infrastructure and a group of Zambian women are turning plastic bags into an income.

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10 | NewsBits


CRI shows jobs from beverage containers, reverse-vending light bulbs and a recycled bridge — all in this week's NewsBits.

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11 | 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.

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12 | Jobs Available & Sought


Administrator, Solid Waste, City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto, California).
Details are available online.


Coordinator of Recycling Program, Horry County Solid Waste Authority (Conway, South Carolina).
Details are available online.


Manager of Program Operations for Recycling & Solid Waste, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).
Details are available online (Req # 79384).


Program Manager, Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (Montpelier, Vermont).
Details are available online.


Director of Business Development, Mextek (Dallas-Fort Worth Area).
Details are available here.


Project Manager — WM Sustainability Services, Waste Management, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana and Kansas City, Kansas).
Details are available online (Indianapolis Job #113648, Kansas City Job #113581).


Facility General Manager — Minneapolis Product Recovery Center, Waste Management, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Details are available online (Job #113234).


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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].

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