Trading platform expands material offerings
After starting in plastics, an online recycled material trading platform is expanding into glass, metal, rubber, OCC and paper and...
Textiles
Experts: Plastic-to-paper switch brings complications
A session at last week’s Plastics Recycling Conference explored benefits and drawbacks of brands moving away from plastic packaging in...
Data Corner: US fiber, plastic exports decrease
This article appeared in the September 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Exports...
End market upgrade
This article appeared in the December 2022 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. When...
Time to recalculate?
A new OCC recycling rate estimate from fiber insiders challenges the high numbers put forth by the paper manufacturing sector.
Data Corner: The new world order in recovered paper exports
According to recent analysis of federal trade data, U.S. companies exported 4.28 million short tons of recovered fiber (excluding recycled...
Data Corner: US recycled fiber exports rebound from National Sword
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released trade data for the fourth quarter of 2021, allowing Resource Recycling to calculate full-year...
First Person Perspective: Don’t let policy mess with paper recycling’s success
This article appeared in the April 2022 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Recycling...
Paper producer perspective
The trajectory of recycled fiber pricing is a big question for the industry in 2022. Recent reports from the world's...
Data Corner: Recovered paper generation around the globe
Numbers from various industry groups show which regions are generating the largest quantities of scrap paper.
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