The recycling industry is responsible for collecting processing and marketing billions of dollars worth of metals, paper, plastics and other recovered materials. Through Recycling Today and Recycling Today Global Edition , market directories, and industry conferences, GIE serves the scrap and recycling industry in North America and globally.

Dec 23, 2024 · Report from financial firm sees stability or modest growth in North American steel output and demand and incremental recovery in Europe.

Dec 23, 2024 · Ferrous market ends 2024 in familiar rut The monthly average value of ferrous scrap rose just twice in 2024, and both times rather modestly.

Dec 5, 2024 · The aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in the U.S. has declined to 43 percent from 45 percent in 2020, according to 2023 data from the Aluminum Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI). The organizations blame aging recycling infrastructure and a passive approach to recycling policy for the decline. The latest data was based on a survey of aluminum can recyclers, can ...

Nov 18, 2024 · Carolina Metals Group (CMG), with locations in Dallas and Grover, North Carolina, and Spartan Recycling Group, Spartanburg, South Carolina, will merge their respective scrap metal processing businesses in a transaction expected to close Jan. 1, 2025. The new entity will be known as Southeast Recycling Group (SRG). SRG will employ more than 100 people with nearly 100 acres of processing area at ...

Dec 4, 2024 · Liberty Steel idles wire mill in Illinois Reports indicate production activities have been curtailed at the Bartonville, Illinois, recycled-content electric arc furnace mill.

Feb 14, 2024 · Battery collection and recycling program Call2Recycle Canada plans to launch a smart battery recycling container under its new consumer brand, “Recycle Your Batteries, Canada!” The Toronto-based organization will deploy more than 1,400 units at its drop-off collection points throughout Canada starting in the first half of this month, with more to be added throughout 2024. Call2Recycle ...

Oct 21, 2024 · Suppliers and producers of recycled-content plastic face challenges involving uneven scrap supplies and shifting global demand, according to London-based ICIS.

Nov 19, 2024 · Chinese policy moves affect nonferrous markets A wider range of nonferrous scrap grades could soon enter China, while a production and export incentive for finished and semifinished metal is ending.

Oct 18, 2024 · Tom McGinnis, president and owner of Bay State Shredding Inc., Brockton, Massachusetts, has received the 2024 Lifetime Commitment Award from MassRecycle “for outstanding recycling, reuse and waste reduction work in Massachusetts.” MassRecycle President Gretchen Carey presented the award during the organization’s Fall Social and Awards Celebration at the DCU Center in Worcester ...