Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during May2023. The value of recyclables isup slightly this month.The market is volatile this month with pricing of different grades changing in all directions. In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), demand from domestic paper mills is down slightly. PCA in Wallula just announced an indefinite shutdown and stopped… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during April2023. The value of recyclables isup this month.OCC and some plastic grades are driving most of the improvement.  Metals are down this month. In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), demand from domestic paper mills is very strong. However, the same is not true for export OCC pricing. … Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during March2023. The value of recyclables is relatively flat this month.While most material grades did not change, a couple of grades moved up and a couple of grades moved down, counterbalancing each other in the overall market value. In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), demand from domestic paper… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during February2023. The value of recyclables is upconsiderablythis month.Overall, paper,plastics, and metals improved. In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), demand from domestic paper mills is significantly up this month as many mills are securing box orders.  Similarly, export paper mill demand is also substantially up.  Additionally, inbound supply… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during January2023. The value of recyclables is up slightly this month.Overall paper grades are flat, and plastics and metals are marginally up. In the Pacific Northwest, demand from domestic paper mills is up slightly this month as many mills have worked through excess inventory.  Similarly, export paper… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during December2022. The value of recyclables is down slightly this month.Overall paper grades are down a bit within the last week, and plastics and metals are flat to marginally down. The domestic paper mills are running at levels equal to last month but not near the 100%… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during November 2022. The value of recyclables recovered this month as we saw some market improvement.  All grades of paper stabilized or slightly improved and a couple of other grades improved slightly, one plastic and one metal. After three straight months of large price drops, domestic OCC… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during October 2022. The value of recyclables plummeted again this month. This is the largest, two-month drop that we have ever seen. All grades of paper nosedived and drove down ResMix value. Last month, the biggest story in recycling was OCC. This month, OCC again cratered with… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during September 2022. The value of recyclables plummeted this month. This is the largest, single month drop in recyclables that anyone at Pioneer can remember. The biggest story in recycling is OCC, with weakened demand causing tremendous domestic and export mill downtimes. Why is OCC demand dwindling?… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during August 2022. The value of recyclables is again down significantly this month. All grades of paper, plastic, and metals dropped. Before discussing specific grades, it is appropriate to reflect on the general recycling market. While generation of recycled materials is down an estimated 10% compared to… Read more »