Back to Top

Tag Archives: exports

Fiber and plastic exports drop 8% and 22%

Published: November 14, 2022
Updated:

by

Canada remains the top destination for U.S. scrap plastic exports, and India takes the top spot for scrap fiber. | Anucha Sirivisansuwan/Shutterstock

U.S. companies exported less scrap paper and plastic during the first nine months of this year, an analysis of federal trade data shows.  Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

US recovered fiber and plastic exports drop

Published: September 7, 2022
Updated:

by
Loading and unloading at shipping port in Long Beach, Calif.

U.S. companies exported 8.7 million short tons of recovered paper and OCC during the first half of 2022. | Richard H Grant/Shutterstock

U.S. exports of fiber bales came down slightly during the first half of this year, trade data shows. At the same time, overseas shipments of scrap plastics took a tumble.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , , |

Industry group: Help us find the plastic bale volumes we need

Published: June 21, 2022
Updated:

by
Bales of plastics for recycling.

A European analysis shows 9 million metric tons of discarded plastic was collected for sorting, out of 30 million produced in 2021. | Muhammad Azman/Shutterstock

European plastic recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , , , |

US scrap paper exports sink slightly as plastics drop sharply

Published: June 14, 2022
Updated:

by

India, Mexico and Vietnam are still the top three destinations for U.S. OCC and paper in the first quarter of 2022.  | Siwakorn1933/Shutterstock

U.S. exports of recovered fiber held relatively steady during the first quarter of 2022, but scrap plastic shipments plunged by more than one-fifth.  Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , , , |

US fiber exports rebound after two years of declines

Published: March 15, 2022
Updated:

by
Cargo ship container port at dusk.

Census Bureau data shows U.S. companies exported nearly 18 million short tons of recovered fiber in 2021, up 13% from the year prior. | DifferR/Shutterstock

Scrap fiber exports to China collapsed in 2021, but the rest of the world more than made up the difference. Scrap plastics, however, continued their years-long decline in shipments.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , , |

Paper processor plans $267 million pulping plant in Virginia

Published: January 18, 2022
Updated:

by
Chesapeake, Va. shown on map.

Celadon’s 335,000-square-foot Chesapeake, Va. facility is anticipated to be up and running by 2024. | Tudoran Andrei/Shutterstock

Celadon Development Corporation announced plans to expand its North American footprint with a recycling and production facility in Virginia to export recycled pulp to China.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , |