by jondabach | Nov 25, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
For nearly three decades, the U.S. has been shipping their recyclables to China. It was a mutually beneficial relationship born from the U.S.’s overproduction of single use plastics and China’s need for raw materials. But this relationship became a toxic one when...
by jondabach | Nov 4, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
While the prices for recycled commodities remain low, it’s clear that the recycling industry will persist—even in times when the consumer economy may be in recession. There has been a growing pessimism in the wake of the Chinese National Sword Policy over the economic...
by jondabach | Oct 28, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
For generations like Millennials and Gen-Z, single-stream recycling may be so routine that it’s impossible to imagine an alternative. But in the long lifespan of recycling, single-stream is still very new to the game. Single-stream recycling was implemented in the...
by jondabach | Sep 23, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Ecommerce is increasing year over year, making up 15% of the retail market in 2018 and more significantly, representing more than half of retail sales growth since 2008. And it’s probably not surprising that Amazon makes up nearly 50% of the entire ecommerce market....
by jondabach | Sep 9, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
In order to offset market and environmental challenges to the U.S. recycling industry, universities, MRFs, and even the federal government are uniting to find solutions. In 2017, the REMADE (Recycling Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions) Institute was launched to...
by jondabach | Aug 26, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Import restrictions and decreased market prices for materials have fueled much anxiety and instability in the recycling industry over the past year. However, the industry can be expected to rebound to a certain degree—although it may take a bit longer than usual....
