by jondabach | Mar 11, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling, Sustainability
Plastics recycling is often lauded as a progressive step towards helping the environment. But there are underlying issues with plastics production, use, and recycling that are creating what is often referred to as “the Plastics Paradox.” The creation of plastics...
by jondabach | Feb 18, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
Berg Mill has been a pioneer in the field of sustainability and adaptability for nearly a century. Finding new homes for recoverable materials and idle scrap is an ongoing and everchanging process that has to adapt with local and international changes. This February,...
by jondabach | Feb 11, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
For decades, China has been accepting nearly 40% of U.S. recycled goods to use as scrap material for their own products but within the last decade they have decided to make a shift to using their own recycled goods. China’s economy is now the second-largest in the...
by jondabach | Feb 4, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), an initiative made up of 28 companies, announced on January 16 its aim to help end plastic waste through infrastructure, innovation, education, and cleanup programs. While the efforts to clean up the oceans and reduce plastic...
by jondabach | Jan 15, 2019 | Recycling
Organic waste treatment company Anaergia, Inc. recently announced the groundbreaking of construction on its Rialto Bioenergy Facility, due to be completed by 2020. The facility aims to process 1000 tons per day (TBD) of food waste and biosolids. In the announcement,...
by jondabach | Jan 3, 2019 | Market Conditions, Recycling
It has been a rollercoaster year for recycled paper markets around the globe as many exporters scramble to find destinations other than China for their wastepaper. Perhaps indicating an attempt to stabilize its domestic recovered paper (RCP) market, China issued a...