The average price of a ton of material in Q4 of 2022 was 28% less than in the previous quarter. | ADragan/Shutterstock
The blended average price of recovered material dropped again in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a recent market report. Continue Reading
Paper markets are a mixed bag, with some producers completing or nearing completion on new mills and others wrestling with flagging sales. | Huguette Roe/Shutterstock
Cascades is very close to reopening a Virginia mill that has gone through a containerboard conversion, and Domtar has completed a $350 million project in Tennessee.
Deaths related to mechanical incidents topped the list of causes for the first time since SWANA began collecting fatality data. | YES Market Media/Shutterstock
Waste industry worker fatalities rose to 46 in 2022, a nearly 65% increase over the prior year.
Many recycling experts see China’s imports curtailment as an opportunity to rebuild domestic recycling infrastructure. A recent workshop in Portland, Ore. fostered conversations on how to begin doing that in the Pacific Northwest, a region that has long been fairly export dependant.
An industry-backed demonstration project is taking place at a former Far West Recycling facility in Portland, Ore. | Jared Paben / Resource Recycling, Inc.
Aug. 1 kicked off public demonstrations of an effort to sort a variety of resins from loads of material otherwise bound for disposal. The goal is to develop a pool of data that can help guide future industry investments.
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Last week’s Resource Recycling Conference and Trade Show brought hundreds of recycling professionals to New Orleans for three days of learning and crucial discussions (plus some fun). Here are images our photographer captured at the event.
The estimate was derived using data from the U.S. EPA and industry associations APR and NAPCOR. | Photka/Shutterstock
A report from the U.S. Plastics Pact found a national recycling rate of 13.3% for plastic packaging and an overall potentially recyclable, reusable or compostable rate of 36% for Pact members.
