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For the last three years recycling has been plagued by a demand crisis. A supply crisis differs fundamentally from a demand crisis. [Extracted from the article]

Amazon unveils "curbside recyclable" grocery delivery packaging The new grocery delivery packaging is part of Amazon's overall sustainability efforts as well as The Climate Pledge, a commitment made by the company in 2019 to be net-zero carbon across its business by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. While much of the attention on sustainable food packaging focuses on the point of purchase, Amazon has unveiled a solution for the point of delivery. [Extracted from the article]

"While the collection of corrugated packaging for recycling has remained around 90 percent for the past several years, the fact remains that consumers are not as diligent in recycling paper packaging as are businesses who would otherwise pay to have the material sent to a landfill", he says. More than ever, this is the right time for companies to ensure their packaging is easy to recycle and consumers are taking simple steps to empty their packaging, flatten it and recycle according to local guidelines.". [Extracted from the article]

Wegmans Food Markets has instituted more sustainable packaging for its store-brand eggs. Wegmans in April launched paper pulp cartons at stores in Massachusetts for an eight-week pilot, and following the successful test the cartons were rolled out chainwide in early summer. [Extracted from the article]

As demand increases for quality recycled paper, equipment manufacturers and researchers are working to improve the repulping process, where paper is broken down into fibers and ink and other contaminants are detached from the fiber's surface. If there is remaining ink in pulp after this process, that ink is probably still attached to fibers, but there is another recourse that serious paper mills use after flotation and washing to detach residual ink. With flotation, ink attaches to air bubbles that float to the top of a tank; the ink and bubbles are skimmed off, leaving clean fiber. [Extracted from the article]

The list of additional recycled paper capacity includes totally new paper mills, expansion of existing capacity at paper packaging mills and conversions of printed paper machines at existing mills to produce packaging paper (e.g. from newsprint to packaging). The Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) has published its seventh and latest update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. [Extracted from the article]

A 10-cent fee for single-use plastic bags or a recycled paper bag would last until Jan. 1, 2024, at which time stores would only be allowed to provide recycled paper bags. A new bill aimed at reducing single-use plastics in Colorado has passed the house. [Extracted from the article]

The Chinese market may be gone, but mills in other countries, lead by India, Mexico and Vietnam, have increased their imports. Following the Chinese government's 2017 announcement about ending recyclable paper and plastic imports, markets went down and stayed down. [Extracted from the article]

Since 2009, paper recycling has met or exceeded 63 percent - nearly double the rate the U.S. paper industry achieved in 1990. WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association(AF&PA) today announced that 65.7 percentof paper consumed in the United States was recycled in 2020, maintaining a recycling rate that has been consistently high for over a decade. [Extracted from the article]

Ambika Gupta, a luxe event planner in Chennai, India is known for creating captivating weddings. This year, Gupta had to work around the challenges related to the pandemic, which has led to greener, more responsible weddings that impact the planet positively. Gupta'stips for creating a greener wedding: Use local floral to reduce the carbon footprint and help local farmers Instead of store bought gifts for guests, engage with nonprofits that support local artisans Use disposable cutlery made of biodegradable materials like bamboo Use wedding invitations made out of recycled paper or e-invites Use materials like clay, straw, living plants, recyclable materials for backdrops Consider limiting the number of guests and marry at a local venue Use classic furniture that can be reused Consider lighting options that are less energy-consuming Read the original story here. [Extracted from the article]

From cards to candles to wrapping paper, there are many different ways to reduce your environmental footprint during the holidays. Live Christmas trees can be planted after the holiday season is over for a reminder of past years. [Extracted from the article]

In partnership with Bulrushed Books, Chegg, based in Santa Clara, Calif., was able to create a process that removed the binding off of old and unusable textbooks and recycle the textbook pages into notebooks that students received this past August during the textbook rental season. "Chegg was looking for ways to reward students while Bulrushed had mentioned that they were able to recycle our old books into other paper products", says Choi, who made the connection about the possible partnership and championed the project. A large number of students who have or are renting physical textbooks from Chegg this semester will likely receive a notebook bundled in with their rental. [Extracted from the article]

Three recycled material companies recently closed facilities. However, the company is investing in the conversion of part of its Duluth, MN mill from producing paper to recycled paper packaging, which will produce 90,000 tons of recycled products per year. [Extracted from the article]

Starting this week, Chinese importers can now apply for tariff exemptions for old corrugated cardboard (OCC) and other recovered fiber. Multiple grades of recovered fiber have faced a 25% tariff levied by the Chinese government since mid-2018, and recycled paper pulp has been hit with a tariff that began at 10% and later increased to 20%. [Extracted from the article]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced that Total Fiber Recovery (TFR) will invest $49 million to establish its first recycled pulp production facility in the city of Chesapeake. With domestic and international offtake agreements in place, the pulp product created by TFR in Chesapeake will be transported to paper plants to become new products. "The revenue from exporting TFR's pulp product in addition to the creation of 68 new jobs will be a positive economic boost for the city of Chesapeake and the Commonwealth. [Extracted from the article]

Residents in Lexington, Ky., will be able to recycle their paper again after a six-month interruption. The bins accept newspapers, office paper, paper mail, magazines and catalogs. Lexington has restarted paper recycling after a more than six-month hiatus, city leaders announced Wednesday, but don't put paper products in the city's blue recycling containers. [Extracted from the article]

The company that runs four recycling centers in the city of Montreal recently informed the government that it will cease operations in the coming days. According to a CBC News report, city officials say residents should continue to put out their recycling as scheduled, but the city is not sure who will receive the materials from the city's sorting centers. Montrealers should continue to put out their recycling, as scheduled - but city officials can't yet say who will be receiving them at the city's sorting centres. [Extracted from the article]

Don Slager, CEO of Republic Services, joined CNBC 's "The Exchange" to discuss the rise of e-commerce and China's import ban and how the two have led to the current cardboard crisis. During the interview, Slager said the market for recycled paper goods has dropped dramatically over the last several years and has caused "somewhat of a crisis" in the waste and recycling business. In the era of e-commerce, Slager explained that newspaper volume has declined, and old corrugated container volume is now a 13 percent higher component of Republic's waste stream than it was less than 10 years ago. [Extracted from the article]

Encourage employees to leave their cars at home Think about offering incentives to workers to cut their CO2 emissions by keeping their cars off the road. Have a designated recycling expert in the office, who staff can turn to in case they have any questions or suggestions for improvement. (We also recommend providing your staff and new hires with a re-usable water bottle - preferably with the company logo of course - as a welcome gift. [Extracted from the article]

ND Paper announced it will strategically inject investment capital to improve the asset quality of its mills in Maine and Wisconsin in the coming year. This addition, combined with enhancements completed earlier this year, will transform the machine into a top quartile producer of C1S and printing grades, said ND Paper. [Extracted from the article]

CorrVentures, developers of a private paper mill in Rensselaer County, N.Y., has released new figures behind its Hudson Valley Paperboard project. Developers of a recycled paper mill in New York have released new feedstock and financial figures for the project. The CorrVentures project involves demolition, environmental remediation and construction to bring a 100% recycled paper mill to a 102-acre site near Albany, N.Y. [Extracted from the article]

On that day, Pratt Industries will officially start up its new recycled paper mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio. However, it is unique because it is the first new mill that will use a substantial amount of mixed paper as a raw material. Low raw material prices will boost their recycling mills' bottom lines and help pave the way, perhaps, for further expansions. [Extracted from the article]

Shailesh Gothal of the brokerage firm Gemini Corporation noted the importance of the Indian export market in the wake of National Sword, and he believes it will remain a strong growth market for recovered paper export, in part due to the difficulties in increasing domestic collection in India. Domestic mills are demanding 1 to 2 percent contamination rates, and the export markets are all trending to 0.5 percent. That said, the blended price per ton at his MRF has gone from $140 in 2010 to $30 now, while paper quality standards have risen by four times, and the facilities are experiencing higher processing costs, in part from labor challenges. [Extracted from the article]

Phoenix Paper LLC, which is owned by Chinese manufacturer Shanying International and runs a paper mill in west Kentucky, is expanding with a new facility that represents a $200 million investment. "This new recycling facility will bring a tremendous amount of additional economic activity to the West Kentucky region for decades to come. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses plans of Crossroads Paper to construct a recycled paper mill in Utah, which is expected to open in early 2022. It mentions that 80-acre plant is expected to produce 1,000 tons of packing paper a day and will depend solely on 100 percent recycled fiber like cardboard boxes and existing waste paper. It mentions that output from the plant will be used to make new boxes for manufacturers, farmers and e-commerce companies.

The article reports that solid waste officials in Frankfort and Franklin County, Kentucky are looking for ways to re-purpose paper products after the recycling plant abruptly stopped accepting paper.

The article presents an announcement by conglomerate company Samsung stating the adoption of a new sustainability policy that will shift its product packaging from plastic wrapping to recycled and bio-based paper.

"ICLEI USA's technical advisers support local and regional governments through quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their supply chains. ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is a large global network of local cities, counties and other regional or public agencies devoted to solving the world's sustainability challenges. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) announcement to North American paper board mills to increase the use of recycled paper as a raw material.

The article discusses how new tariffs imposed by China against the U.S. has influenced the recycled paper market.

The article discusses updates on the global market for recovered paper as of May 25, 2017. Topics covered include an increase in recycled paper pricing from 2016 to 2017, an increase in scrutiny during port inspections in China, and the decision of paper broker Ekman Recycling to cut back production temporarily.

This five-compartment fiber bento box separates foods of differenttextures and temperatures in a tray format with an optional plastic lidfor transport. Often the most environmentally damaging part of getting a cup ofcoffee is the plastic lid but Be Green Packaging has solved thatproblem with the Fiber Coffee Cup Lid. Composed ofwood that makes each piece of cutlery eco-friendly and biodegradable,this cutlery has a soft feel on the hand but the strength of a metalfork or spoon. [Extracted from the article]

The author discusses the growing influence of Chinese mills on the U.S. export of recycled paper. He claims that the U.S. exported more than 40 percent of the paper it collected for recycling, with China as the biggest market. He adds that the U.S. also sends majority of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to China for recycling as well as large amounts of scrap metals. Recycling advocates point out that the U.S. dependence on China must stop immediately.

The article focuses on the paper recycling market in the U.S. in 2011. It states that the prices of all major grades of recovered paper rebounded to the increases they reached in 2008 before the Great Recession. It says that the old corrugated containers (OCC) makes up almost half of the paper recycling business in the first quarter of 2011.