Recycled plastic lumber firms report diverging results
Two publicly traded firms making lumber and decking materials from recycled plastic and wood had differing financial results in the...
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Ideas to crack conundrum on glass recovery
An Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin task force has released a report with recommendations on how to operate a successful glass...
Recycling markets show improvement
Recovered materials processors have received a little holiday cheer. The value of most recyclables moved higher at the start of...
Federal prison system halts e-scrap processing at five sites
UNICOR, also known as Federal Prison Industries, has shut down its electronics recycling facilities at several prisons across the country,...
In other news: Dec. 5, 2016
A man is caught defrauding Germany's bottle redemption program, and one California city mulls zoning changes targeting bottle redemption centers....
Federal prison system halts e-scrap processing at five sites
UNICOR, also known as Federal Prison Industries, has shut down its electronics recycling facilities at several prisons across the country,...
Commodity prices force closure of nonprofit e-scrap site in Florida
A south Florida nonprofit group that trains and employs people with disabilities is closing one of its e-scrap drop-off facilities...
Price drop seen in scrap plastic exports
The average value of recovered material sent to foreign markets is back under 17 cents per pound. Volumes are up...
PetroChem Wire: Recycled HoPP prices pushed down
HoPP repro and regrind prices fell last week on an oversupply of recyclable post-industrial and post-consumer PP scrap in many...
Declines continue in scrap exports
Numbers for the first nine months of the year show volume drops in all materials but paper. In September, the...
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