by jondabach | Jul 17, 2017 | Recycling
Why did municipalities throw sorting to the curb? 80 percent of California jurisdictions offer single stream or mixed curbside collection- a representation of the growing nationwide trend that allows residents to throw paper, plastic, metal, and glass into the same...
by jondabach | Jul 5, 2017 | Market Conditions, Market Prices
Actions recently taken by National Sword-wielding Chinese agencies are beginning to resemble the FBI’s efforts to combat drug smuggling in the eighties. In the blown-out style of Netflix Narcos, 172 enforcement officers raided 16 warehouses around Guangdong, capturing...
by jondabach | Jun 27, 2017 | Market Prices
Emerging data-collecting technology and analytic tools are creating operation efficiencies across the full spectrum of the recycling industry, from waste generators and curbside collection facilities to downstream buyers. Downstream purchasers have had to rely on...
by jondabach | Jun 22, 2017 | Shipping and Logistics
For years, the shipping industry has been facing a crisis of overcapacity. Too much space and too little freight has caused a pattern of plummeting freight rates. While this may benefit US suppliers’ bottom lines in the short run, the issue of overcapacity has caused...
by jondabach | Jun 20, 2017 | Market Prices, Recycling
US old corrugated container (OCC) or recycled cardboard prices have continued to climb for eight of the last nine months. June has seen the largest hike since September 2016, jumping $37/ton for export OCC. In fact, this month’s containerboard price hikes have beat...
