Metals markets bring smiles to processors
Recent upward price movements for some precious and base metals have made e-scrap recycling executives happy. The value of gold...
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What comes after the slump
This story originally appeared in the May 2017 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content....
Closed Loop Fund knew PRF would face ‘a lot of challenges’
The idling of a Baltimore-area plastic recovery facility is the kind of challenge that's expected in an innovative project showcasing...
QRS and Canusa Hershman will idle Maryland PRF
A joint-venture plastics recovery facility in Maryland will end operations in the coming days, citing challenges in the post-consumer plastics...
QRS and Canusa Hershman will idle Maryland PRF
A joint-venture plastics recovery facility in Maryland will suspend operations in the coming days, citing challenges in the post-consumer plastics...
Recent recovered plastics prices a mixed bag
Our monthly markets update shows prices have been healthy for recovered PET and HDPE containers, but they've fallen for films....
Unifi set for further growth in PET recycling business
A major end user of recovered PET boosted its revenues last year, as it works to expand its recycled-plastic fiber...
Post-consumer paper pricing remains strong
Our monthly markets update shows OCC is still selling at record levels, and other fiber grades have seen notable upticks....
UBC end user reports higher revenues and profits
Aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis saw its revenue during the April-June period rise 16 percent year over year, an...
Updates at packaging maker Sonoco and its recycling division
Global packaging producer Sonoco recycled the equivalent of 57 percent of the packaging it placed on the market last year....
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