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1 | BHS makes big optical sorting buy
Bulk Handling Systems, the Eugene, Oregon recycling systems company, has acquired National Recovery Systems, a Nashville company that designs and manufactures optical sorting equipment for the solid waste and recycling industries.
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2 | RR Conference 2012: How to get more materials recovered
Three noteworthy organizations have sprung up in the last year, all aimed at boosting packaging recycling rates through industry-driven initiatives. This compelling panel features key members of each organization who will share these group's goals and strategies for getting more materials recycled.
Under the banner of Action to Accelerate Recycling, 90 corporate, trade group, environmental and governmental leaders met in February to devise a plan to push packaging recycling levels higher. With such an impressive array of powerful members from all across the supply chain, this voluntary, action oriented initiative has the potential to drastically impact the national recycling landscape. But how do they plan to achieve their ambitious goals? Learn more about this brand-new endeavor from Beth Schmitt, director of recycling programs for Alcoa.
AMERIPEN is a new packaging trade organization with a special focus on how public policies impact the packaging value chain. Representing the broad interests of the industry — including raw material producers, packaging manufacturers, packaging users and fillers, retailers and material recovery organizations — this new organization is poised to become an integral center for influencing environmental packaging issues related to legislation and regulation.
Recycling Reinvented is a brand-new nonprofit organization committed to advancing recycling rates of waste packaging and printed material in the United States through an extended producer responsibility (EPR) model. The product of a dialogue process initiated by Nestle Waters North America and convened by Future 500, you don't want to miss Recycling Reinvented's executive director, Paul Gardner, as he outlines how the new organization will strive for brand owners of packaging and printed materials to cover the cost of managing their products.
Don't miss this critical, forward-thinking session moderated by Scott Cassel, founder and CEO of the Product Stewardship Institute. For more information on the 2012 Resource Recycling Conference, to be held at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas, August 28-29, 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.
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3 | Pepsi provides Dream Machine update
PepsiCo has unveiled the two-year results of its Dream Machine project, which is intended to provide recycling receptacles in high-traffic public places, such as gas stations, retail stores, sports stadiums and others, while also providing consumers an incentive to not trash their recyclables while on the go.
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4 | Recycling in New Jersey to continue upward
Twenty-five years after mandating residential recycling, New Jersey experts say the Garden State's materials recovery system will continue to improve.
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5 | Coke, KAB name bin grant recipients
The Coca-Cola Foundation, working in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, has announced the recipients of this round of Recycling Bin Grant Program.
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6 | Export watch
The latest export numbers for plastic, paper, ferrous and aluminum scrap.
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7 | Groups come together to push EPR
A new organization has been formed by a coalition of environmentally-mined groups from across the nation to push for an extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework.
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8 | AF&PA: Paper news roundup
According to recently-released figures from the American Forest & Paper Association, total production and shipment figures were down for boxboard, containerboard, Kraft paper and printed-writing paper in March 2012.
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9 | NewsBits
Denver takes cartons, reusable bags under fire and "peak plastic" — 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 info@resource-recycling.com for consideration.
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11 | 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).
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 dylan@resource-recycling.com.
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