June 22, 2020
VOL. 58, NO. 12
“Serving The Industry For More Than Fifty Years”
Pilot Program Recycles Plastic Packaging by Greg Kishbaugh T he Materials Recovery For the Future (MRFF) consortium last week released a new pilot research report demonstrating the successful collection, separation and preparation for recycling of flexible plastic packaging
EPA Hosts Recycling Webinar During a webinar hosted by the U.S. En- vironmental Protection Agency June 10, five speakers shared their insights on the ways to stimulate and advance a more cir- cular economy. The speakers who work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), included Cheryl Coleman, Ron Vance and Ksenija Janjic.Association of Plastic Recy- clers President and CEO Steve Alexander also spoke, as well as Judy Sheahan with the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Strong Recycling First, Coleman spoke about the need for strong recycling across the country, add- ing that the industry contributes more than $36 billion in wages and 750,000 jobs. “Most Americans want to recycle, but confusion exists about how to recy- cle,”Coleman said. This year, Coleman said the EPA would like to create more national recycling goals with stakeholders through more ed- ucation and outreach, enhancing material management infrastructure, strengthen- ing secondary material markets and en- hancing measurement.
(FPP).The pilot, reportedly the first of its kind in the United States, was performed in partnership with J.P. Mascaro & Sons at the TotalRecycle Material
Recovery Facility (MRF) located in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, and under- written by the MRFF.
The report, Flexible Packaging Recycling in Material Recovery Fa- cilities Pilot prepared by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) demonstrates that with adequate optical sorting capacity and peripherals, FPP can be efficient- ly captured in a large single-stream MRF and processed into a commodity bale, known as rFlex, for reuse in a vari- ety of markets while diverting plastic from landfills. The report also identifies more than a dozen end market opportuni- ties for the captured FPP. Building envelope products like roofing ma- terials represent the highest volume and most immediate end market opportunities. Other high-volume opportunities for using rFlex are pallets and railroad ties, where recycled plastic can serve as a more durable alternative to traditional wood. The five pilot performance goals include: • Reduce the amount of FPP going into fiber products, even with increased FPP in feedstocks.
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Inside Sanitation Yard COVID-19 Outbreak Halts Service.....................................2
NWRA Applauds Introduction Of PPP Flexibility Bill...........................5
Un i l e v e r I s s u e s Emi s s i on s Reduction Target..............................9
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Sanitation Yard COVID-19 Outbreak Halts Service Following a coronavirus outbreak at Baltimore’s East- ern Sanitation Yard, the city’s Department of Public Works (DPW) announced the immediate suspension of all solid waste operations for three weeks. Matthew Garbark,Acting Director of the DPW, said effec- tive June 10 all operations from the east side solid waste yard will be suspended so employees can stay home and self-isolate. According to The Baltimore Sun , fifteen sani- tation workers have tested positive for the virus, including seven at the east side location. Twenty will be isolating at home. “DPW is shutting down all operations at the [Eastern] Sanitation Facility out of an abundance of caution to pro- tect our solid waste workforce.We are working closely with employees and their families to protect their health during this difficult time,”Garbark said in a release.The facility had previously been closed to the public since March due to COVID-19. Sanitation crews tasked to take over collections in re- sponse to the Eastern Sanitation Yard shutdown are refus- ing to report to work. After suspending operations at the Eastside Sanitation Yard,DPW officials began mobilizing other sanitation crews within the Bureau of SolidWaste. “These other employees had been on permission leave (Cont’d on Page 7)
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• Minimize paper in the new rFlex product bale. • Reduce fiber Quality Control staff by 25 percent and reallocate that staff to other job functions in the MRF. • Integrate the FPP recovery system into TotalRecycle’s existing MRF control system. • Capture at least 90 percent of FPP, which was deter- mined from years of research prior to the pilot. Within one year of installing FPP sortation equipment at the TotalRecycle MRF, four of the five sortation perfor- mance goals established for the pilot demonstration were achieved, and the program continues to progress toward achieving the fifth goal. “It’s critically important to find financially viable oppor- tunities and markets for rFlex bales,” said Susan Graff, MRFF Research Director andVice President,RRS.“Our hope is that the pilot research serves as a valuable data set to help oth- er MRFs and communities economically recycle FPP while making cleaner paper bales. By working together to update sorting equipment, municipalities and businesses can sup- port better quality recycling and meet commitments to buy more recycled content products.” Upgrade Benefits The most immediate benefit of the FPP system upgrade for the MRF was cleaner, higher quality paper bales. The reduction in contamination for two traditional commodi- ty bales, Old Newsprint (ONP) and Mixed Paper (MP), was measured at over 70 percent. As part of their expansion plan, TotalRecycle has begun operational upgrades and equipment tuning improvements as of April 2020 that are expected to increase the FPP capture rate and improve against Performance Goal #1. Combined with the value cre- ated from sustained quality improvements in paper bales, this data is worth evaluating as investments are made to advance MRF sorting. Once the new mixed bale called rFlex approached per- formance goals in November 2019, bales were shipped for testing over a 90-day period to highly qualified firms in film plastic reprocessing from the U.S. and Europe. Over one dozen priority end market product opportunities were identified by this expert group in collaboration with RRS, brand owners, and the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center. Construction materials were identified as the high- est volume, most feasible “quick wins,”with many more op- portunities opening up once rFlex is processed into pellet or flake form. Explicit, demonstrated demand pull for these products will be critical to justify the investment needed to sort and create a marketable commodity. Approximately 56,000 households using standard lidded roll-out recycling carts were invited to participate in the residential collection phase beginning September 2019. Customer feedback received by the MRF found residents were widely receptive and positive about recycling FPP. While there was no added cost to communities for partic- ipation in this pilot, all residential recycling services have net costs. RRS modeled the capital cost of adding the FPP system to the MRF to aid decisions in other regions where
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COVID Rates Lower For Solid Waste Workers
As of early June, according to the CDC, more than twenty thousand new COVID cases are still occurring daily across the United States and the death rate is more than 1,000 per day.As an essential workforce that collects and manages the garbage generated by each and every person across North America, the question naturally arises as to how solid waste collection and management personnel have fared relative to that of the general populace. COVID’s Reach A survey was conducted of private solid waste haulers and facility owners to assess COVID rates in the United States and Canada. Conducted by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), the survey encompassed nearly 100,000 employees across North America. This com- prised 35 percent of the approximately 248,000 solid waste collection and facility workers in the United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics) and 16 percent of the nearly 70,000 Ca- nadian solid waste personnel (EcoCanada). From the survey, there were 372 confirmed cases and 6 deaths for personnel in the United States and 20 confirmed cases and no deaths in Canada. Hospitalizations were also recorded. Nine states (IL, LA, MA, MI, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA) ac- counted for roughly 55 percent of all cases while the remain- ing states contributed from 3 percent to less than 1 percent (Cont’d on Page 7)
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(not working, but being paid) for weeks with the under- standing that they would support core operations, if and when needed,” officials said. Officials said the delays are “completely unacceptable and pose an additional threat to public health.These workers are considered essential and must report to work.” The DPW said it is taking the immediate actions: All permission leave for solid waste workers is revoked and workers must return to work immediately. Failure to report will result in job abandonment. Anticipating that some employees may not return to work, an aggressive recruitment campaign is underway to hire la- borers and Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) drivers to fill positions. NWRA Applauds Introduction Of PPP Flexibility Bill The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) ap- plauds the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would help provide relief to the waste and recycling industry from potentially onerous customer bad debt. The bill would increase the Paycheck Protection Pro- gram’s (PPP) flexibility by including payments for waste and recycling collection services for purposes of calcu- lating the eligible amount for forgiveness of indebtedness under a PPP loan.
MILL BUYING PAPERSTOCK PRICES Average prices per ton PAID BY MILLS . For Baled, F.O.B. Seller’s Dock, Packed to PS-09 standards. ISRI Specifications (PS-09) numbers appear in parentheses. Prices are intended for purposes of REFERENCE ONLY . They do not connote any commitment to sell or buy at the indicated price. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.
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Hard White Envelope Cuttings (31) 465 - 470
Hard White Shavings (30)
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Coated Soft White Shavings (28) White Ledger, Manifold (41)
White Ledger, Post Consumer (40) 280 - 285
Sorted Office Paper (37) Coated Book Stock (43) New DLK Cuttings (13)
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Ben Weitsman Of Ithaca To Construct New Facility Upstate Shredding -Weitsman Recycling, headquartered in Owego, New York, plans to construct a multimillion-dollar scrap recycling and retail steel service center near Ithaca, NewYork. According to Upstate Shredding, this decision came after discussions with a development group that approached the company about the current location of the Weitsman New Steel facility at 132 Cherry St. in Ithaca. Weitsman says the company will build a state-of-the-art re- tail scrap yard and retail steel shop as one facility outside of the city limits. Mazza Recycling Constructs MRF in New Jersey Mazza Recycling Services,Tinton Falls, New Jersey, has al- most completed the construction of a single-stream materi- al recovery facility (MRF) in Tinton Falls.The company cur- rently offers construction and demolition recycling and also operates a transfer station; Mazza Scrap Recycling, a scrap yard in Neptune, New Jersey; as well as Mazza Mulch,which is a manufacturer of landscaping products. The company said it has invested $15 million in the new 70,000-square-foot MRF. Van Dyk Recycling Solutions, Norwalk, Connecticut, will be installing machinery at the facility.
Buyer’s Guide BALERS (HORIZONTAL)
ADVANCED EQUIPMENT SALES 535 Hagey Road, Souderton, PA 18964 (800) 572-9998 FAX (215) 723-7201
Website: www.aesales.net Email: sales@aesales.net ALLEGHENY SHREDDERS Old William Penn Hwy East • Delmont, PA 15626 (800) 245-2497 • Fax: (724) 468-5919 Website: www.alleghenyshredders.com E-mail: solutions@alleghenyshredders.com AMERICAN BALER Website: www.americanbaler.com E-mail: sales@americanbaler.com BALEMASTER (Division of East Chicago Machine Tool Corp.) 980 Crown Crt. • Crown Point, IN 46307 (219) 663-4525 • Fax: (219) 663-4591 Website: www.balemaster.com B E EQUIPMENT, INC. 1775 Wentz Rd. • Quakertown, PA 18951 (215) 536-0700 • Fax: (215) 536-2999 Website: www.beequipment.com E-mail: sales@beequipment.com C & M BALING SYSTEMS, INC. 2095 E. 1st St. • Winston-Salem, NC 27101 (800) 225-3796 • (336) 723-4869 • Fax: (336) 761-8695 800 E. Center St. • Bellevue, OH 44811 (800) 843-7512 • Fax: (419) 483-3815
Website: www.baling.com E-mail: sales@baling.com ELY ENTERPRISES
3809 Broadway • Lorain, OH 44052 (216) 252-8090 Fax: (216) 252-5607 Website: www.elyent.com E-mail: sales@elyent.com HARRIS 315 W. 12th Ave. • Cordele, GA 31015 (229) 273-2500
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INTERNATIONAL BALER CORPORATION 5400 Rio Grande Ave. • Jacksonville, FL 32254 (800) 231-9286
Website: www.intl-baler.com E-mail: sales@intl-baler.com
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of total cases on a per-state basis.The states with the highest number of cases in the solid waste industry were generally in line with states that had the highest cases for the general U.S. population. From a regional standpoint, nearly half of confirmed cases were in the Northeast. In Canada, Ontario and Quebec accounted for 81 percent of all cases, similar to that of the general population. The following are the percentage of COVID-19 cases by U.S. Region for solid waste collection/facility workforce: Northeast (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI,VT,VA, WV) — 47.6 % Midwest (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH,WI) — 20.7 % Southeast (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC,TN) — 13.7 %
Buyer’s Guide BALERS (HORIZONTAL) * RECYCLING EQUIPMENT CORPORATION * 831 W. 5th St. • Lansdale, PA 19446 (267) 218-7200
Website: www.RecyclingEquipment.com E-mail: sales@recyclingequipment.com
South Central (AR, LA, NM, OK,TX) — 8.6 % Pacific (AK,AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR,WA) — 4.8 %
SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
Mountains/Plains (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT,WY) — 4.6% COVID infections for the solid waste collection/facility personnel were approximately 10 percent and 25 percent lower than average infections in the United States and Cana- da, respectively. The mortality rate for the solid waste indus- try in the United States was nearly 4 times lower than that of the general population. Based on rates from this survey and total workforce num- bers, the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths esti- mated for the solid waste industry in the U.S. and Canada, as of late May 2020, were: Cases = 1,069 (U.S.), 125 (Canada) Hospitalizations = 40 (U.S.), 7 (Canada) Deaths = 17 (U.S.), cannot be estimated for Canada since none were identified from the survey There are likely multiple factors contributing to the sig- nificantly lower number of cases and deaths in the solid waste industry relative to the general population. However, a number of key considerations include: Industry Practices .The solid waste industry is highly reg- ulated and has had for decades a strong focus on worker safety.Thus, it is possible that safety training and adherence to regulated guidelines and best practices may correlate to lower infection rates. Additional practices, such as the use of automated collection, likely also play a factor in reduced exposure in areas where residential collection is primarily done this way. Despite this, pathways for exposure during off-work hours would still exist and be dictated by personal choices. Age .Age has been noted as a factor contributing to high- er chances of getting the virus. Given they are employed, most solid waste employees are between the ages of 18 and 65 years old. Thus, age-related complications in contracting and recovering from the virus are likely reduced. Health . Due to the physical demands of many of the in- dustry jobs, many personnel need to be reasonably healthy to perform the job. Thus, underlying health conditions that may result in negative outcomes from COVID could be less frequent for solid waste personnel. Regardless, additional research would be needed to con- firm whether these variables strongly correlate to the lower infection rates and more favorable outcomes for solid waste workers relative to the broader population.
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VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
BALERS (VERTICAL)
B E EQUIPMENT, INC. 1775 Wentz Rd. • Quakertown, PA 18951 (215) 536-0700 • Fax: (215) 536-2999 Website: www.beequipment.com E-mail: sales@beequipment.com ELY ENTERPRISES 3809 Broadway • Lorain, OH 44052 (216) 252-8090 Fax: (216) 252-5607 Website: www.elyent.com E-mail: sales@elyent.com HARRIS 315 W. 12th Ave. • Cordele, GA 31015 (229) 273-2500
Website: www.harrisequip.com E-mail: info@harrisequip.com * RECYCLING EQUIPMENT CORPORATION * 831 W. 5th St. • Lansdale, PA 19446 (267) 218-7200
Website: www.RecyclingEquipment.com E-mail: sales@recyclingequipment.com
SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
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Buyer’s Guide CONVEYORS ALLEGHENY SHREDDERS Old William Penn Hwy East • Delmont, PA 15626 (800) 245-2497 • Fax: (724) 468-5919 Website: www.alleghenyshredders.com E-mail: solutions@alleghenyshredders.com HUSTLER CONVEYOR CO. Website: www.hustler-conveyor.com E-mail: info@hustler-conveyor.com MAYFRAN INTERNATIONAL 6650 Beta Dr. (PO Box 43038) • Cleveland, OH 44143 (440) 461-4100 • Fax: (440) 461-5565 4101 Crusher Dr. • O’Fallon, MO 63368 (636) 441-8600 • Fax: (636) 441-8611
Alexander spoke next, sharing the outlook for plastics recycling. He said a few goals include increasing domestic demand for recycled plastics, helping prevent “ocean plas- tics” through higher domestic demand and mitigating the reliance on exports. From a local perspective, Sheahan shared what mayors within the U.S. Conference of Mayors are doing to better re- cycling on their level.Although many cities are scaling back or cutting off recycling now, she said that doesn’t mean they want to do that, rather it’s just something that needs to be done right now. “If we could build a more circular economy, where one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, it would be an ideal situation,” she said. Vance spoke about the EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guideline Program (CPG), created to designate items that are or can be made from recovered materials. Right now, there are 61 items within eight categories. He shared more about updating that list and how the EPA plans to do so, and that’s where Janjic’s presentation took over. Since the list hasn’t seen any updates since 2007, Janjic shared how the public and others can offer comment on current CPGs and make suggestions for others.Those com- ments are able to be made through early July, then the EPA will announce any changes. Verso To Idle Two Mills In Upper Midwest Verso Corp., a Miamisburg, Ohio-based North American producer of graphic and specialty papers as well as pack- aging and pulp, plans to indefinitely idle its paper mills in Duluth, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Rapids,Wisconsin, in an effort to offset “unprecedented market decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” In January, the company had reported that it was consid- ering ways to dramatically increase the recycled-content board and kraft paper production at the Duluth mill. In a Verso Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing sec- tion on its mill strategy earlier this year, the company said it had “started a conversion into recycled packaging and kraft paper grades, of which we will be producing 90,000 tons [per] year starting in January 2020.A full conversion to make 375,000 tons is being considered.” Verso reported that it is exploring alternatives for both mills, including restarting if market conditions improve,mar- keting for sale or closing the sites permanently.
Website: www.mayfran.com E-mail: info@mayfran.com
SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
Website: www.sierraintl.com E-mail: info@sierraintl.com
VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES
HUSTLER CONVEYOR CO. 4101 Crusher Dr. • O’Fallon, MO 63368 (636) 441-8600 • Fax: (636) 441-8611 Website: www.hustler-conveyor.com E-mail: info@hustler-conveyor.com SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
Light Bros. Invests In Untha Shredder
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Light Bros., a metal recycling specialist based in the U.K., has installed a new Untha shredder to boost its ability to handle refrigerators. The company invested in a four-shaft Untha RS100 e-scrap shredder in order to process 350 re- frigerators per day, collected from civic amenity sites and take-back schemes. Once shredded, the liberated metals, plastics and foams can be segregated and sold for recycling.
VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
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communities may be interested in upgrading their systems to collect FPP.The net cost was estimated at between $2.25- 2.41/ton of recyclables processed and is highly sensitive to local landfill tip fees and bale revenue assumptions.This net cost is on par with the cost of adding other new materials to traditional single stream programs. Circular Recovery Recommendations for the short term and long-term scal- ing to achieve circular FPP value chain recovery in the U.S. market-driven environment are discussed, and include: • Support for an Association of Plastic Recyclers Demand Champion category to track purchasing commitments to buy rFlex products. •An investment strategy in post-MRF processing such as dry wash of the rFlex bale to recycle the plastics-only fraction.This will unlock manufacture of the majority of rFlex products iden- tified through end market manufacturer peer review. • Development of bale specification(s) that standardize supply while offering MRF operators flexibility to respond to local markets. • Sustained, focused engagement and co-investment with owners of new MRFs under construction and end markets to simultaneously build demand and supply for rFlex. “Approximately 12 billion pounds of FPP are consumed annually in the United States, and it’s one of the fastest growing consumer packaging formats, but collecting, sort- ing, recycling and reintroducing this material back into the marketplace as new products requires a comprehensive ap- proach to ensure that these materials don’t end up in land- fills,” said Brent Heist, MRFF Steering Committee Co-Chair; Section Head – Packaging Sustainability, P&G. Unilever Issues Emissions Reduction Target Europe-based consumer products company Unilever has issued what it calls “a new range of measures and commit- ments designed to improve the health of the planet by tak- ing even more decisive action to fight climate change, and protect and regenerate nature, to preserve resources for fu- ture generations.” Unilever CEO Alan Jope refers to the company having in 2019 “set out a plan to tackle perhaps the most visible en- vironmental issue we have in the consumer goods industry: plastic packaging.” Unilever has subsequently signed a five-year contract with United Kingdom-based Viridor under which Viridor will supply recycled plastics from its Avonmouth Resource Re- covery Centre in the U.K. to Unilever. Most of Unilever’s newest announcement refers to the products it manufactures as opposed as the packaging that surrounds them. But statements by Unilever and Jope im- ply that how packaging is designed and the raw materials selected for it will be part of the wider effort to slash the company’s CO2 emissions. Unilever says it intends to “achieve a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023.”
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RECYCLING SYSTEMS
HARRIS 315 W. 12th Ave. • Cordele, GA 31015 (229) 273-2500 Website: www.harrisequip.com E-mail: info@harrisequip SIERRA INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY 1620 E Brundage Ln • Bakersfield CA 93307 (800) 343-8503
Website: www.sierraintl.com E-mail: info@sierraintl.com
SHERBROOKE O.E.M. LTD. 3425 Boulevard Industrial • Sherbrooke, QC J1L 2WI
(819) 563-7374 • Fax: (819) 563-7556 Website: www.sherbrooke-oem.com E-mail: mtremblay@sherbrooke-oem.com
SHREDDERS
ALLEGHENY SHREDDERS Old William Penn Hwy East • Delmont, PA 15626 (800) 245-2497 • Fax: (724) 468-5919 Website: www.alleghenyshredders.com E-mail: solutions@alleghenyshredders.com VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
SORTING SYSTEMS
HUSTLER CONVEYOR CO. 4101 Crusher Dr. • O’Fallon, MO 63368 (636) 441-8600 • Fax: (636) 441-8611 Website: www.hustler-conveyor.com E-mail: info@hustler-conveyor.com VAN DYK RECYCLING SOLUTIONS 78 Halloween Blvd. • Stamford, CT 06902 (203) 967-1100 • Fax: (203) 967-1199 Website: www.vdrs.com Email: info@vdrs.com
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THE MARKETPLACE The following are prices reportedly being paid by processors for post-consumer recyclables and are intended for purposes of REFERENCE ONLY. They do not connote any commitment to sell or buy at the indicated price and may not include delivery costs.
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FERROUS METALS:
ADVANCED EQUIPMENT SALES 535 Hagey Road, Souderton, PA 18964 (800) 572-9998 FAX (215) 723-7201
East
Midwest
West
Steel Cans ($/ long ton) $75 - 80 $75 - $80
$75 - 80
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NON-FERROUS #1 Copper
$ 2.00 - 2.15 $ 1.85 - 2.05
#2 Copper
B E EQUIPMENT, INC. 1775 Wentz Rd. • Quakertown, PA 18951 (215) 536-0700 • Fax: (215) 536-2999
East $.57
Midwest
West $.57
Aluminum UBCs ($/lb)
$.57
Website: www.beequipment.com E-mail: sales@beequipment.com
PLASTICS : PET, baled ($/lb)
East
Midwest
West
up to $.15 up to $.15 up to $.18 Natural HDPE, baled ($/lb) up to $.30 up to $.30 up to $.30 Mixed HDPE, baled ($/lb) up to $.14 up to $.14 up to $.14
ELY ENTERPRISES 3809 Broadway • Lorain, OH 44052 (216) 252-8090 Fax: (216) 252-5607
GLASS:
East
Midwest
West
Website: www.elyent.com E-mail: sales@elyent.com * RECYCLING EQUIPMENT CORPORATION * 831 W. 5th St. • Lansdale, PA 19446 (267) 218-7200
Green, unprocessed ($/ton) $0 - 5 Amber, unprocessed ($/ton) $5 - $10
$0 - 5
$0 - 5
$10 - 15
$15 - 20 $15 - 20
Clear, unprocessed ($/ton) $20 - $25 $20 - 25
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