Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during March2021. The overall market for recyclables is up slightly this month. This upmarket is due primarily to an increase in export fiber demand and improved plastics pricing. The domestic market for all fiber grades is flat this month. Typical to this time of the year, some… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during February2021. The overall market for recyclables is down this month. This down market is due primarily to reduced domestic fiber needs and extreme difficulty securing export bookings. In general, COVID-19 continues to have positive effects on containerboard demand vs negative effects on news grade demand. In… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during January2021. The overall market for recyclables is flat this month. This sideways market is due to a combination of increased demand with greater increased supply. Demand created upward pressure on prices this month. Domestic packaging mills are running at full capacity as consumers continue to create… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during December2020. The overall market for recyclables made moderate improvements again this month. These improvements are due to pricing increases in fiber, metals, and a few plastic grades. There were modest improvements in domestic fiber pricing, due to continued strength of the packaging market. The domestic containerboard… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during December 2020. The overall market for recyclables made moderate improvements again this month. These improvements are due to pricing increases in fiber, metals, and a few plastic grades. There were modest improvements in domestic fiber pricing, due to continued strength of the packaging market. The domestic… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during October2020. This month, the overall market for recyclables improved slightly over the previous month. This improvement is due to pricing increases in mix paper and some plastic grades. Metals are down marginally. There were modest improvements in both domestic and export mix paper. The increase in… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during September 2020. Again, this month, the overall market for recyclables improved compared to the previous month. This improvement is due to pricing increases in all fiber and metal grades.  A couple of plastic grades also increased but most remained flat. This month, increase demand for all… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during August 2020. Good news! The overall market for recyclables improved compared to the previous month. This improvement is due to modest pricing increases in all fiber and metal grades. A few plastics grades also increased while others remained flat. In a change of events, domestic OCC… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during July 2020. For the second consecutive month, the overall market for recyclables dropped compared to the previous month. This decline is due primarily to both domestic and export OCC pricing. Most other grades were flat or slightly down. Also, demand for domestic OCC decreased considerably. This… Read more »

Attached is your PO for deliveries of recyclables during June 2020. The overall market for recyclables in June fell severely compared to last month. As stated in our “Market Update for OCC” on June 1st, the domestic OCC price dropped about $40 in early June. Additionally, the lack of demand for domestic OCC forced Pioneer… Read more »