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Eight Ways Communications Interns Can Stand Out To Become Full-Time Hires

A summer internship gives a communications intern awesome connections and great experience for their resume, but if they play their cards right, it could also lead to a full-time job offer down the road. When a communications executive is looking to fill an open position, they’re more likely to hire a former intern who has already demonstrated their work ethic and value to the company. So if you’re an intern looking to advance in this industry, treat your internship as an opportunity to show why you would be an invaluable full-time addition. Below, eight communications executives from Forbes Communications Council share their advice for interns on making a great impression that could lead to more opportunities later on. 5. Listen And Ask Questions  Our best interns are those who are truly excited to have the internship and want to do a variety of tasks. Listen to the work assigned and ask questions if you aren’t sure of something. Asking will ensure the work is done properly. Also, slow down and make sure you are doing the best job you can do with the information you are given. Finishing a task quickly doesn’t always mean it’s the best work. - Lauren TaylorTerraCycle, Inc.

No, Sweden does not recycle 99 percent of its waste.

Our friends at Inhabitat are running a very popular post titled How Sweden recycles 99 percent of its waste, which they picked up from Global Citizen. They are not the first to cover this; back in 2014 Huffpo ran 99 Per Cent Of Sweden's Garbage Is Now Recycled. It all seems to derive from an official Swedish government site which writes that “With its ongoing recycling revolution, less than one per cent of Sweden’s household waste ends up in a rubbish dump” and comes with an impressive video, which Mike covered earlier in TreeHugger.   The trouble is, by any definition of recycling, this is a stretch. In fact, they incinerate about 50 percent of their waste to make heat and energy. And even in their own website, they admit that is not the best approach, that it is not really recycling, and that it takes less energy to actually recycle and reuse than it does to burn and manufacture a replacement from scratch. Then there is the question of what impact waste to energy has on the actual recycling rate. TreeHugger contributor Tom Szaky wrote in his post, Does waste-to-energy make sense? Waste-to-energy also acts as a disincentive to develop more sustainable waste reduction strategies. It may work better in the short term with strict pollution standards and as a last-resort for waste disposal, but it does not offer us a sustainable long-term solution. Preserving material (through recycling and reuse) already in circulation is a key component of sustainable development. Burning finite resources may not be the best approach down the line.

Car seat recycling at Target in Northfield

Between Sept. 1 and 11, Northfield residents can recycle used car seats at Target, 2323 Highway 3 S. Fifty-six Target stores across Minnesota are hosting a car seat collection program to help residents reduce household clutter without sending waste to landfills. All car seats collected through this program will be recycled through TerraCycle. Residents should bring their car seats to their participating Target store and look for Target’s car seat collection box in the front of the store or in the baby and kids floor pad section. When a consumer turns in a used car seat, they will receive a coupon for 20 percent off the purchase of a new one. After the program ends, TerraCycle will separate the different components of the car seats and process them for use in other products.

North County Musicians Can Trade in Strings at Recycling Event

Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at James Hood Guitar Repair this Sunday, Sept. 4. Local musicians are invited to attend a free recycle and restring event at James Hood Guitar Repair in Carlsbad on Sunday, September 4 at 3 p.m. Sponsored by D’Addario, musicians can bring any old instrument strings for recycling and get their electric or acoustic guitars restrung with D’Addario NYXL or Nickel Bronze Acoustic strings. Old strings collected during the event will be recycled through Playback, D’Addario’s free, national recycling program. Playback is the world’s first instrument string recycling program, launched through a partnership between D’Addario and international recycling company TerraCycle. The program is a part of D’Addario’s Players Circle loyalty program, and allows registered users to recycle their used strings in exchange for extra Players Circle points. Musicians attending the recycle and restring events will receive a code at the event, redeemable for extra Players Circle points. Points can be used towards merchandise or donated to the D’Addario Foundation, the company’s nonprofit organization supporting music education in underserved communities. Founded by James Hood, James Hood Guitar Repair’s mission is to be the premiere guitar and amp repair center in North County and beyond by way of exceeding each client’s expectations from initial consultation to well after the repair, service, purchase or modification through service, knowledge transfer, and recommendation. TerraCycle is a global leader in recycling typically non-recyclable waste, working with companies to implement recycling initiatives and finding solutions for materials otherwise destined for landfill. Musicians interested in recycling through Playback can visit http://www.daddario.com/playback. For more information on the recycle and restring event, please contact: 208-522-8691.