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Everything you're waiting for is in these containers
Virtually every US home contains items that came through the ports of Los Angeles or Long Beach.The neighboring ports, a mere two nautical miles from each other, are the two largest in the country, measured by containters handled — with Los Angeles holding the top spot
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Everything you're waiting for is in these containers
Virtually every US home contains items that came through the ports of Los Angeles or Long Beach.The neighboring ports, a mere two nautical miles from each other, are the two largest in the country, measured by containters handled — with Los Angeles holding the top spot
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Recycling revenues have roared back for New Jersey towns. Here's why
After a few dismal years, recycling revenues are streaming back and many towns across the Garden State are recouping more from their recycling — some dramatically.
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Have plastic scrap prices reached their peak?
Sources speculate that postconsumer plastic scrap pricing has plateaued, though it won't necessarily give back the gains in pricing it's made this year.
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Suez Canal ship crisis may unleash worldwide toilet paper shortage.
The massive ship blocking the Suez Canal may prove to be a titanic pain in the butt — by reportedly unleashing a toilet paper shortage not seen since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Update: Container shipping remains tangled web
Lopsided container positioning is affecting the global shipping industry; China’s scrap import restrictions likely play a role.
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Recycling in America Is a Mess. A New Bill Could Clean It Up.
As programs shutter and plastic use rises in the pandemic, a New York bill to get manufacturers to pick up the recycling tab could offer a solution.
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Recovered paper markets' strong to start 2021
Recovered paper pricing has remained steady, if not risen, and paper mills continue to request more raw materials as of mid-January.Overall, 2021 is off to a good start for recovered paper markets. Pricing has remained steady, if not risen, for almost all recovered paper grades.”
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Year closes with container shortage continuing
The Washington-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) says its member companies are among exporting firms “reporting extreme difficulties obtaining ocean shipping containers from ocean carriers over the last several months.”
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Done with double-sorted OCC
China has started to back off on importing double-sorted OCC this month, leading to a drop in pricing for that commodity. Recyclers and industry consultants say the price of double-sorted old corrugated containers (OCC) has decreased by $40 to $50 per ton for export markets as of the first week of October. Export pricing for that commodity escalated quickly in the August and September buying periods—the average price of double-sorted OCC for export to China was between $167 and $185 per ton in the September buying period, according to Fastmarkets RISI’s PPI Pulp & Paper Week Report Sept. 4. But prices for double-sorted OCC have dropped almost as quickly as they rose.
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Update: New Jersey passes paper bag ban
New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill that would limit the use of single-use plastic bags, paper bags, plastic straws and polystyrene food containers.
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Turkey to reduce paper, plastics scrap imports
The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has announced that it is limiting the country’s paper and plastic scrap imports to a maximum of 50 percent of the production capacity of consuming facilities, requiring them to fulfill the rest of their infeed from domestic collections, according to a report from Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). BIR says it received this information from TÜDAM, a Turkish-based recycling association that is a member federation of the BIR.
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India’s recycling market hits the reset button
A nationwide lockdown caused disruptions felt beyond India’s borders, but the nation’s basic materials sector is slowly ramping back up.The paper mills and metals production plants of India have become increasingly important consumers of secondary commodities from around the world throughout this decade.
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Pizza box contamination doesn’t impede recyclability, association says
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), Washington, has released industry guidance that aims to clear up consumer confusion regarding the recyclability of pizza boxes. The guidance resulted from a study conducted by WestRock, a corrugated packaging company based in Atlanta.
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China opens spigot for copper and paper scrap
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) of the People’s Republic of China has released its ninth list of scrap import quotas for 2020. The Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) says the ninth batch was issued by the MEE’s Solid Waste & Chemicals Management Centre on July 6.
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OCC price falls for second straight month
The price of recovered corrugated fiber has taken another significant dive this month, but mixed paper is holding relatively steady. The national average for corrugated containers (PS 11) took a big drop, from $75 per ton last month to the current national average of $55 per ton. The OCC grade was trading at around $27 one year ago.
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Demand remains strong for recovered paper in April
Recovered paper prices aren’t showing any signs of decline in late April. According to statements shared in an "RCP Special Report Story" from Fastmarkets RISI's Pulp & Paper Week April 23, paper mills continued to place orders in late April, yet some recyclers and recovered fiber brokers did not have enough supply available for them.
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China issues additional scrap import quotas
The country’s fifth batch of quotas for copper, aluminum, ferrous and recovered fiber is issued.
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Shipping, ports a concern for recyclers
Industry associations connect with various governments to ensure recyclables still move.
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Price skyrockets for one key curbside recyclable
The value of OCC increased by 62% over the past month, reaching its highest level in 20 months. Meanwhile, curbside metal prices have taken a dive.
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Price of recycled paper grade jumps nearly 30%
Recycling facilities are encountering both good and bad news on the fiber-market front: OCC prices have increased substantially, but mixed paper slipped further into the negatives.
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ISRI: Recyclers included among DHS essential industries
New wording in DHS guidance recognizes recyclers as an essential supplier to manufacturers, ISRI says. The association also has made COVID-19-related resources available to its members.
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NWRA Guidance Letter
We are all in unchartered territory as it relates to a global pandemic. Rest assured, NWRA is here to help guide the industry through this and clarify what sometimes can be convoluted regulatory language written in “bureaucrat-ese.”
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Virus leads to program changes across North America
Recycling programs nationwide have curtailed service due to the coronavirus pandemic, potentially hampering the supply of recyclables moving to market in the weeks to come.
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COVID-19 could have a 'bullwhip' effect
As of March 1, more than 87,000 cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, have been confirmed globally, according to the World Health Organization with at least 2,977 deaths resulting from the disease, the vast majority of which have taken place in China.
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2020 could be the year of legislative boom – or bust – for national recycling policy
An influx of legislation in Congress aims to tackle problems facing the recycling industry amid rising public attention. The bills range widely in their industry backers and odds of success.
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Is China about to roil the global plastic market?
Commodity analyst says single-use plastic ban there would have sizable ripple effects on the polymers and recycling markets.
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Chinese paper import permits trend lower
China recently issued its third round of recovered fiber import permits for 2020, and the volume being allowed in this round is far less than what was approved previously.
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Working through the worst of times
2019 has been a tough year for recovered fiber markets, and recyclers have been more focused on movement than price.
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Experts talk recycled paper realities and forecasts
MRF operators, brokers and others recently discussed why fiber is still “the elephant in the room” in municipal recycling conversations.
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Plastic food packaging was most common beach trash in 2018
A million volunteer-strong beach clean-up effort spanned 120 countries; it also turned up an artificial Christmas tree and a typewriter.
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ISRI: China targets scrap commodities in latest tariff announcement
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, has issued an alert notifying its members that the Chinese government intends to add tariffs on $75 billion in goods from the U.S. beginning Dec. 15.
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This is what it's like to swim through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Roughly a thousand miles southwest of San Francisco, Ben Lecomte, a 52-year-old French long-distance swimmer, is exploring one of the ocean’s most polluted places.
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Scrap plastic exports plummet 43% this year, paper stable
Federal trade statistics released last week show U.S. export volumes for the first six months of 2019. Recycled plastics have seen a major drop when compared with figures from a year ago.
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Coca-Cola, PepsiCo break ties with plastic lobbying group amid mounting scrutiny over pollution
Facing public pressure over contributions to plastic pollution, drink makers Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are cutting ties this year with a trade association representing the plastics industry.
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Not much light at end of mixed-paper tunnel
North America’s residential mixed-paper prices are deep in the negative numbers in some areas. That pain will likely persist for some time, one analyst predicts.
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MillerCoors unveils new, eco-friendly six-pack beer rings
MillerCoors is taking another step towards a plastic-free world with their newest product, a fiber, eco-friendly six-pack beer ring.
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Indonesia to use ISRI specs for recovered paper imports
The Indonesian government has announced that it plans to use Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) specifications for recovered paper imports, according to a news release from ISRI, Washington.
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Maine First U.S. State to Ban Styrofoam Containers
Maine became the first state to officially ban single-use Styrofoam cups and containers on Tuesday.
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Recovered fiber values continue to drop
The price for OCC declined by nearly 13% over the past month. Other fiber grades also fell. The national average for corrugated containers (PS 11) fell again, from an average $32 per ton in May to the current $28-per-ton range.
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With OCC plummeting, MRFs face tough decisions
Recycling operators across the country two years ago were enjoying record high values for old corrugated containers. Now, they are either storing the material, unloading it at little profit or sending loads to disposal.
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Canada Agrees to Take Back Trash Sent to Philippines Years Ago
The Canadian government said on Wednesday that it would take back tons of garbage sent to the Philippines several years ago, after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that it be returned immediately.
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Recycling Isn’t About the Planet. It’s About Profit.
When you drop a bottle in a blue bin, you’re joining the unruly transglobal trash trade.
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Recycling in the US will survive — despite the media narrative
The Atlantic and The New York Times recently carried near identical stories about what they portrayed as the "end of recycling" due to China's ban on scrap imports from the U.S.
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Man Bites Dog: The Press and Recycling
Many recyclers are upset and disheartened over the onslaught of negative recycling coverage in the press. So, what do you do when the press calls? Help them.
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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs
China stopped importing trash from other countries. Now, many cities in the US are facing a recycling crisis.
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This young whale died with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach
Researchers pulled nearly 90 pounds of plastic waste out of the stomach of a young cuvier beaked whale that died in the Davao Gulf of the Philippines.
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Nine Dragons signs MOU for mill in India
Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons Paper Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indian state of Maharashtra to invest some $630 million to establish a paper- and board-making presence in the state.
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OCC movement slows alongside Chinese economy
China has decreased purchases of old corrugated containers, which has caused domestic and export prices for the key fiber grade to fall.
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The Era Of Easy Recycling May Be Coming To An End
For those of us who spent most of our lives painstakingly separating plastic, glass, paper and metal, single-stream recycling is easy to love. No longer must we labor.
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China trade roundup: More materials barred at year’s end
Even as exporters move off of China as a destination for certain recyclables, the country remains a crucial market. And several recent Chinese developments carry industry-wide implications.
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Greasy pizza boxes (and 9 other things) you shouldn't recycle that are costing your town
You remember that greasy pizza box you almost threw out, but recycled instead? The cheese was stuck to the lid again, too, but the delivery kid kept the change and drove away so fast you didn't have time to complain? Remember?
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These 13 towns are saying no to plastic bags as Murphy weighs statewide tax
After a rapid push through Trenton at the end of the last legislative session, a bill to place fees on single-use shopping bags is sitting on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk. But some Garden State towns aren't waiting for the governor to take action.
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Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleaning Device Sets Sail This Summer
Boyan Slat was 16-years-old when he saw more plastic than fish while driving through waters in Greece. So, he decided to dedicate his high school project to learn more about ocean pollution and how he could solve this problem.
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The American recycling system is on the verge of breaking down
You're soon going to have to pay a lot more to recycle, and the reason is simple supply-and-demand economics, with a healthy dash of international trade policy.
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China freezes out US scrap shipments for 30 days
Nation’s shuttering of CCIC offices effectively seals market for May 2018.
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King County Task Force to Explore Solutions to ‘Recycling Crisis’
With tighter regulations affecting the flow of recyclables in the U.S., officials look for new avenues for the region’s paper waste.
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China No Longer Wants Your Trash. Here's Why That's Potentially Disastrous.
The country has been the “world’s wastebasket” for decades. But starting Jan. 1, China has said “no more.”
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Interactive map: Which towns do the best job recycling your trash
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Recycling Partnership's advice on National Sword: Keep calm and clean up your act
The Recycling Partnership's webinar about the growing effect of China's National Sword scrap import policies put a strong emphasis on the need for companies and municipalities to stay the course with their recycling efforts
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New Jersey DEP Awards $14.3 Million in Recycling Grants
We are proud to live in a state that leads the national in recycling. Good news for the counties we serve.
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Mandatory Plastic Recycling Legislation
Here is a list of states that require mandatory plastic bottle recycling. Did your state make the list?
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Recycling Is Important
Kids often ask if recycling is really important. Here is a great, simple article to share with your children to explain how essential and beneficial recycling can be.
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/importance.html