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The project from Goodwill, the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center and Reworld has a goal to collect 500,000 pounds of e-scrap during its first year. | BluIz60/Shutterstock
Goodwill, the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center and Reworld have added 42 free recycling sites throughout Pennsylvania, a state with a long history of electronics recycling access challenges. Continue Reading
Natural and color HDPE prices rose higher this month, continuing an upward trend that began last fall. Paper grades increased marginally as well. Continue Reading
Paper companies are looking to offset rising OCC costs through measures like price increases for their products. | Kenishirotie/Shutterstock
OCC end users have been paying consistently higher prices for the recovered fiber grade since last fall, and it played heavily into their discussions of first-quarter earnings this year. Continue Reading
Recycled glass buyer O-I reported selling fewer tons of glass containers so far this year. | Africa Studio/Shutterstock
Major recycled glass buyer O-I reported selling 12.5% fewer tons of glass containers during the first three months of 2024 compared with the prior-year period, driven by a decline in alcoholic beverage sales. Continue Reading
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, U.S. exports of recovered paper fell and plastic exports remained steady in the first quarter of 2024. | Joyseulay/Shutterstock
Exports of U.S. recovered paper dwindled to their lowest first-quarter volume since 2002, driven by substantial declines to major buyers in Thailand and India. Plastic shipments remained steady year over year. Continue Reading
Although recycled pulp export activity has slowed considerably, Total Fiber Recovery has started up its mill in Virginia and is producing bales of dried recycled pulp for export and domestic sale. | Photo courtesy Total Fiber Recovery
In May 2018, as the global recycling industry was reeling from the Chinese government’s move to ban or heavily restrict imports of key recovered paper grades, the largest paper company in China made an investment that drew some attention. Continue Reading
Five big North American haulers recently reported their first quarter earnings. | Janossy Gergely/Shutterstock
Publicly traded recycling collectors saw bale prices rise in the first quarter, contributing to higher revenues and a positive outlook for the year ahead.
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Readers were drawn to a discussion of the pros and cons of switching from plastic to paper packaging last month. Other hot topics included AI-facilitated data collection, EPR policy development, and the latest market prices for recyclables.
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Global consumer products company Unilever announced it will revise its sustainability goals, but also said the experience had shown that policy is needed to make real change. | DeawSS/Shutterstock
Unilever recently acknowledged it will miss its 2025 target date for key plastics recycling goals and revised its pledge to reflect that reality – but the company’s head of packaging also said the failure contributed to its support for stronger regulations like extended producer responsibility. Continue Reading