A major Chinese paper company will add recycled pulp production lines at two U.S. virgin fiber mills it purchased earlier this year, and both will consume mixed paper and OCC.
A major Chinese paper company will add recycled pulp production lines at two U.S. virgin fiber mills it purchased earlier this year, and both will consume mixed paper and OCC.
A year after an online scrap plastics trading marketplace launched, an executive at the startup offered insight into where material is moving in the aftermath of China’s ban.
A major U.S. recycled paper end user will begin accepting fiber bales that contain foodservice packaging at its mills across the country.
An idled Washington newsprint mill will reopen to produce containerboard from recycled feedstock.
OCC prices have remained stable for several months now, bringing some calm to what has been a wildly fluctuating market. But a supply glut may be preventing prices from climbing back up.
Residential fiber values have flattened out, while post-consumer PET prices continue a steady recent climb.
An idled plastics recovery facility is being dismantled and its components sold, after efforts to reopen it for the past year have not panned out.
The Chinese government provides an option for pre-shipment inspections, and California lawmakers may add language about National Sword into state law. These are among the recent developments as China continues to revise its import regulations and the U.S. recycling industry reacts.
U.S. fiberglass insulation manufacturers continue to consume great amounts of post-consumer recovered glass.
A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold.