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 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...
by jondabach | Feb 14, 2017 | Market Prices, News Brief, Recycling
The focus on the recovered paper (RCP) or scrap paper sector began fall of last year with rising prices of old corrugated container (OCC)- familiar to most as cardboard. OCC price hikes caused a butterfly effect of rising prices across most grades of scrap paper,...
by jondabach | Dec 14, 2016 | Market Prices, News Brief, Recycling, Shipping and Logistics, Uncategorized
This week, our main story covers recent turbulence in the recovered paper (RCP) market in China, where seller speculation and buyer panic are leading to price instability. We’ll also consider the drop in West coast recycling rates and what we can do to give them...
