Governments in Southeast Asia are following through on promises to heavily restrict scrap imports. Meanwhile, a U.S. senator has singled out a shuttered West Coast paper mill as a possible outlet for recovered fiber.
Governments in Southeast Asia are following through on promises to heavily restrict scrap imports. Meanwhile, a U.S. senator has singled out a shuttered West Coast paper mill as a possible outlet for recovered fiber.
After Resource Recycling highlighted conservative commentators who questioned the foundations of materials recovery, a number of industry professionals jabbed back, noting the economic strengths still inherent in recycling.
As more Chinese import restrictions roll in, domestic mills continue to pay even less for recovered fiber. Meanwhile, some are looking at how they can supply Chinese buyers with finished product in the future.
Canada’s largest city conducted a pilot project last year to find a consistent outlet for densified foam polystyrene. The effort reached a clear conclusion, but it wasn’t good news.
Casella Waste Systems and Advanced Disposal each saw recycling revenues fall over 40 percent in the second quarter, financial filings show.
Export market shifts are slashing into recycling revenues for Waste Management and others, with poor fiber prices cutting one company’s recycling revenues in half.
A major southwest city is looking to develop a facility that will process the city’s mixed plastics stream through plastics-to-fuel or mechanical recycling. It has received three proposals.
The Philadelphia MSW and recyclables sorting facility operated by Continuus Energy.
Markets for mixed paper and plastics have been hard hit by China’s import restrictions. Now, a Texas company is working to develop a new domestic one: paper-plastic building panels.
In the midst of a recycling market downturn, a growing number of small municipal programs across North America are moving away from single-stream at the curb.
The U.S. recycling market disruption from China’s import restrictions has received mainstream media attention since the beginning of 2018. But recently, the issue has engaged a handful of right-leaning opinion writers.