by jondabach | Apr 22, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling, Sustainability
Ever since the industrial revolution and the end of World War II, American consumption has been increasing. Single use plastics, paper products, and glass have become more common, and even clothing has become quickly disposable, entering secondhand stores faster than...
by jondabach | Apr 8, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
For the past few months, half of dutifully collected, rinsed, and sorted recyclables have not been recycled into new products as intended, but instead sent to incinerators and landfills. Well-meaning citizens of American cities continue to recycle with hopes that it...
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 | 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...
