Recycling Markets

From Recycling Today, edited by DeAnne Toto.

The APR Recycling Demand Champions Campaign, created in 2017 by the Association of Plastic Recyclers(APR), Washington, to develop new markets for recycled plastics, has generated almost 7 million pounds of new demand in its first year.

From Recycling Today, Edited by Adam Redling

From Waste Today by Adam Redling

From the Salem Weekly

Marion County residents filled their mixed recycling carts with the expectation that everything inside was put to good use as new products.

But China’s demand last winter that our recyclables not be contaminated with trash revealed the truth: our mixed recycling carts are not a recycler’s gold mine. To find the items that can actually be recycled, you have to sort through a lot of garbage.

By LIz Bedard, from The Recycling Partnership Blog

As an employee of both The Recycling Partnership and the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), I have the unique privilege of viewing the recycling industry from all sides.

Suppliers, manufacturers, MRFs, haulers, residents, communities, corporations: you name the audience, I’ve talked to them about recycling.

The National League of Cities' recent research report examines the impacts of China's National Sword, and offers recommendations for how cities can adapt to evolving recycling markets. 

Click here to download full report. 

Scrapo is a free online marketplace for plastic recycling that enables buyers and sellers to connect and communicate in real time.

Users can post their material in less than a minute, browse through the listings posted by other recyclers, and instantly communicate with other users using Scrapo’s real-time messaging tools.

AOR Legislative Chair, Pam Peck, provided testimony at the Senate Energy and Environment Committee Hearing regarding recycling markets challenges and how local communities are responding. 

By Hilary Crisan-Heavilin for Recycling Today

From Resource Recycling Magazine, by Jared Paben