Well well, our fickle industry is backing off pricing for cardboard and a few other grades of paper. Many of the domestic mills realized that pushing the price sky high was not the answer to attract more tonnage, and now they must slow their building of inventories which are bulging at the seams. So, the markets are correcting themselves in light of this, export consumers not chasing the domestics and the weather improving which permits wood generation in the Southeast.
Someone once told me, your profits are made on the buy, not the sale. Hopefully not many recyclers bought on come only to be left holding the bag.
On another note, our trade magazines and several conventions are providing major information on successful recycling programs for cities such as ours which unfortunately doesn’t have a residential program. The absolute key to success is letting the experts in their respective fields work hand in hand with solid waste districts, such as SWACO in Columbus and the cities politicians. I certainly do not know how to run a landfill or balance the cities deficits, no more than SWACO has a clue about recycling. It is time to step down from the grandstand, swallow some pride and work together as a team.
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