PlasticsJul 22, 20264 min read

PET reclaimers squeezed as bale costs outrun flake pricing

Postconsumer PET bale values have climbed faster than washed flake for three straight months, compressing reclaimer margins to the thinnest levels since the 2023 restart cycle.

By Marguerite Vaillancourt, Markets Editor

Municipal & IC&IAug 1, 20265 min read

Contamination is repricing MRF contracts faster than municipalities can renegotiate

By Marcus Ely, Senior Editor

PersonnelAug 1, 20262 min read

Personnel moves: appointments across plastics, fibre and e-scrap

By Ellery Boothe, Staff Reporter

SafetyJul 31, 20265 min read

Battery fires are a design problem, not a housekeeping problem

By Priya Sandhu, Senior Editor

Legislation & RegulationsJul 31, 20264 min read

Recycled-content mandates are arriving faster than the verification to police them

By Marguerite Vaillancourt, Markets Editor

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ElectronicsJul 29, 20264 min read

Black mass capacity is outrunning the batteries available to feed it

By Priya Raghunathan, Associate Editor

NonferrousJul 29, 20265 min read

UBC recovery losses draw scrutiny as remelters move to metal-unit settlement

By Erin Vasquez, Senior Editor

Legislation & RegulationsJul 28, 20264 min read

Fee modulation is where EPR programmes get hard

By Desmond Achterberg, Senior Editor

FerrousJul 27, 20264 min read

East Coast export yards squeezed as Atlantic backhaul shortage lifts freight

By Colin Rafferty, Markets Editor

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Paper Mixed Paper 62.50 $/ton ▲ 7.76% Plastics Clear PET 20.30 ¢/lb ▲ 6.84% Paper OCC 124.50 $/ton ▲ 5.51% Plastics Coloured HDPE 21.30 ¢/lb ▼ 5.33% Paper SRPN 88.05 $/ton ▼ 4.29% Ferrous Machine Shop Turnings 304.25 $/gross ton ▲ 4.20%

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Equipment & ServicesAug 4, 20264 min read

BridgeHarbor opens its trading platform to thirty founding broker desks

By RecyclerWorld Studio, Commercial content team

Equipment & ServicesJul 23, 20263 min read

Retrofitting optical sorters without rebuilding the line

By RecyclerWorld Studio, Sponsored Content

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Aug 27, 2026 Fire Prevention in Recycling Facilities Chicago, United States
Sep 15, 2026 Nonferrous Futures Forum Rotterdam, Netherlands
Oct 13, 2026 RecoverTech North America Nashville, United States
Nov 4, 2026 Circular Polymers Summit Singapore, Singapore
Dec 2, 2026 MRF Operators Conference Toronto, Canada
Jan 21, 2027 Battery Safety in E-Scrap Processing Brussels, Belgium

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ElectronicsJul 21, 20263 min read

Data destruction is now the product, and metal is the by-product

By Priya Raghunathan, Associate Editor

FerrousJul 21, 20264 min read

Shredded scrap holds flat as Midwest mills sit out July buy week

By Dana Ruthven, Markets Editor

Equipment & ServicesJul 20, 20265 min read

Optical sorter payback math shifts as retrofit modules undercut new-line spend

By Tom Brackett, Senior Editor

InternationalJul 20, 20263 min read

Berth delays push recovered fibre exporters onto costlier inland routes

By Tomas Lindqvist, International Editor

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PET reclaimers squeezed as bale costs outrun flake pricing

Contamination is repricing MRF contracts faster than municipalities can renegotiate

Personnel moves: appointments across plastics, fibre and e-scrap

Battery fires are a design problem, not a housekeeping problem

Recycled-content mandates are arriving faster than the verification to police them

Favourite topics

Black mass capacity is outrunning the batteries available to feed it

UBC recovery losses draw scrutiny as remelters move to metal-unit settlement

Fee modulation is where EPR programmes get hard

East Coast export yards squeezed as Atlantic backhaul shortage lifts freight

Market movers

Recycling industry news

OCC holds flat into August as domestic mills stay covered

Material handler buyers weigh electric conversions against a thinning used market

Mixed paper quality is now a capital-planning problem for MRFs

Copper chops spreads compress to two-year lows as consumers chase units

Film recovery economics improve, but only for clean back-of-store PE

New EAF melt capacity is arriving faster than prime scrap can supply it

Two-ram baler uptime, not tonnes per hour, is where fibre plants lose money

Supplier spotlight

BridgeHarbor opens its trading platform to thirty founding broker desks

Retrofitting optical sorters without rebuilding the line

Events and meetings

This month

Data destruction is now the product, and metal is the by-product

Shredded scrap holds flat as Midwest mills sit out July buy week

Optical sorter payback math shifts as retrofit modules undercut new-line spend

Berth delays push recovered fibre exporters onto costlier inland routes

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