Ok, we’re approaching the end of February and it does appear that there may be a sliver of light at the end of the recycling tunnel.
There were increases in both demand and pricing for several of the bulk grades a couple weeks ago, which could continue well into the Spring.
Some people said “no big deal, only a $10.00 per ton increase”, but come on, that was almost a 50% increase in value. That’s nothing to sneeze at.
A lot of grades of paper and plastic didn’t change, which could be a good sign from the landslides over the past few months. We need to concentrate on finding alternative uses for many of the items that are kept out of landfills. If not, during weak markets the recyclers and solid waste authorities will find much of this back where it started as they can’t afford to process.
Our company is still trying to get out from the entire unbelievable amount of internal work that comes with a devastating fire. The fire report was finished and closed, but for the life of me I’d think the landlord should have some responsibility for securing water that was properly working for our site. Ohh well, politics at work.
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