Containerboard mill on the way in Pacific Northwest
An idled Washington newsprint mill will reopen to produce containerboard from recycled feedstock. McKinley Paper Company, which operates paper mills...
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Colorado MRF to sort single-use coffee cups
A Denver-area hauler and MRF operator will begin accepting coffee cups in the recycling stream from its commercial coffee shop...
OCC levels out after chaotic price swings
OCC prices have remained stable for several months now, bringing some calm to what has been a wildly fluctuating market....
Contaminated OCC cited in felony case
A New York recycling company executive has pleaded guilty to felony charges connected to a dispute over contamination in recycling...
Pricing for post-consumer grades remains constant
Residential fiber values have flattened out, while post-consumer PET prices continue a steady recent climb. The national average for corrugated...
Pratt moves forward on recycled paper mill
Construction is well underway on a massive containerboard mill in Ohio that will consume recovered material. Pratt Industries, which makes...
July trade analysis: Plastics imports nosedive in Thailand
A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped...
U.S. recycled pulp mill purchased by paper giant
Nine Dragons will purchase its first U.S. recycled paper mill just a couple months after entering the U.S. market with...
Chinese restrictions a ‘huge deal’ for major hauler
The head of Waste Connections says the economics of recycling must change. Otherwise, companies' sorting costs will further outpace the...
Another Chinese firm to buy a U.S. paper mill
A major Chinese fiber recycling company plans to purchase and restart a shuttered Kentucky pulp and fine paper mill. Fiber...
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