by jondabach | Dec 12, 2017 | Recycling
On the whole, the proposed tax reforms are a win for the scrap industry. Though the recent proposals for tax reform have met with controversy and harsh criticism, corporations and pass-through businesses stand to gain quite a bit from the changes. In...
by jondabach | Dec 5, 2017 | Recycling
What is the Amazon effect? E-commerce’s ongoing disruption of the traditional brick-and-mortar retail market is known as the Amazon effect. As online shopping becomes the norm, many physical stores have closed their doors, unable to compete with the convenience...
by jondabach | Nov 28, 2017 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Though Chinese import restrictions have targeted all materials, scrap paper received a disproportionate blow as Jinping’s government officials planned to reduce the acceptable level of contamination for recycled paper loads to 0.3 percent, intending to fully...
by jondabach | Nov 20, 2017 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Without China, the US and other countries, including Australia, that heavily rely on exporting recyclables, specifically low-grade plastic scrap, to manage an ever-growing waste stream will have to turn to alternative markets, such as Southeast Asia, India, Latin...
by jondabach | Nov 13, 2017 | Market Conditions, Recycling
According to the recently-released United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2016 Workplace Injury and Illness Data report, while overall injury rates for the waste management and remediation sectors are on the decline, material recovery facility (MRF) and...
