WM and other plastic exporters react to China’s ban
U.S. recycling leaders who are closely tied to export markets say China’s proposed import prohibition on recovered plastic and other...
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CRT processor Nulife suspends operations
The fate of Nulife Glass is in question, with the firm halting operations as it struggles to meet regulator demands...
PC shipments continue downward trend
Worldwide shipments of PCs continued a nearly three-year consistent decline during the past year, industry analysts reported this month. PC...
China says it will ban certain recovered material imports
Chinese authorities have announced the country will prohibit some grades of recovered paper and plastic from being imported by the...
Companies dig into post-consumer market demand
A viable end market is crucial to effective materials recovery, and in the plastics realm, those downstream uses are growing...
Stability seen in recent recovered plastics prices
Our monthly look at values for common post-consumer materials shows steadiness in recovered PET, HDPE and film grades. The current...
OCC prices up 88 percent year-over-year
Our monthly look at values for common post-consumer materials shows steadiness in plastics and rises in fiber, with some particularly...
Startup pushes technology for circuit board processing
After receiving $400,000 from the federal government, a New York company is developing a mechanical system that could help e-scrap...
Canadian startup chops to it on wood recovery
Around 100,000 chopsticks are discarded in Vancouver, British Columbia every day, and that fact has led to a unique line...
Summer doldrums hit the recycled packaging market
As the weather heats up, sellers of recovered plastic and aluminum packaging are seeing flat to weaker pricing for their...
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