DJ VanDeusen of WestRock speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference.
Some of the key recovered commodities generated by materials recovery facilities have been fetching high prices lately, including aluminum and fibers. But China’s import restrictions have introduced an element of the unknown in the market.
Real Alloy is restarting an idled aluminum recycling plant in Kentucky because of increased customer demand and a new contract.
Recycling processors report that early September pricing for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging rose slightly over August levels.
Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis saw its revenue during the April-June period rise 16 percent year over year, an increase driven by higher sales volumes and metal prices.
As the weather heats up, sellers of recovered plastic and aluminum packaging are seeing flat to weaker pricing for their bales.
Operators of residential recycling programs report up-and-down pricing moves for recovered plastic and aluminum packaging.
Several workers were killed in an accident at a U.K. metals recycling operation, and Hong Kong beachgoers can’t find the sand through the trash.
This story originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of Resource Recycling.
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