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A longtime Kansas City nonprofit e-scrap operation has temporarily closed its doors, noting that financial pressure from changes in global...

Revenue and earnings for global e-scrap processor Sims Recycling Solutions dropped in the second half of 2018 compared with the...

Recycled film consumer Trex saw its net income climb by more than 40 percent last year, boosted by ample availability...

China has decreased purchases of old corrugated containers, which has caused domestic and export prices for the key fiber grade...

China's scrap import restrictions and their rippling market effects pared recycling revenues for Waste Management and Waste Connections last year....

Global economic conditions have helped push up the scrap value of principal metals used in electronics. The major reason for...

Post-consumer PET prices have remained steady over the past month, but HDPE grades have slipped. The national average price of...

Recycling revenues fell last year for one major hauler, hampered by China's import restrictions and low fiber prices. Meanwhile, the...

Recovered fiber and aluminum prices have taken a beating over the past month, but a key plastic grade, PET, has...

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