Back to the Basics

Now that the start of the New Year has come and gone, many of us are wondering what this first quarter will bring related to scrap paper, plastics, metals, aluminum, etc. Will prices continue the free fall? Will demands start to turn providing at least a partial home for so much of these items that are accumulating and most assuredly will begin finding their way back into landfills? Will exporting become a means of marketing once again? Will far too many of us once again chase the inevitable export premium pricing only to potentially have the rug pulled out from under us?

Think about this. Let’s turn these recyclable commodities into something other than what most of us have been doing, recycling back into plastics, paper, metal, etc. GER has always been a leader in making markets for the difficult to market. Now we need to get on the bandwagon and find alternative markets for the common materials and not rely on conventional processes.