Pacific Steel & Recycling » paper http://blog.pacific-recycling.com Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Shrinking Paper Recycling Market http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/2009/05/28/shrinking-paper-recycling-market/ http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/2009/05/28/shrinking-paper-recycling-market/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 15:12:36 +0000 admin http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/?p=214 One would think that paper is one of those recyclables that is easy to recycle and should be recycled to cut odwn on the trees being used. The biggest problem is the price paper mills are willing to pay for even the highest grades of paper. And things just seem to be getting worse. As paper manufacturers continue to struggle with the economy and with people trying to cut the amount of paper they use in order to help save the environment, the need for scrap paper at the mills is diminishing. Tons of paper wanting to come in the door and yet no place to send it once it’s processed.

So, we have people screaming on one side that we need to increase the amount of paper we recycle while on the other side, we have recyclers who still need to make a dime or two and can’t do it with prices the way they are. We certainly need to rethink some of the ideas we have about the recycling of some goods and rethink our consumption habits if we are going to come up with any viable solution.

]]> http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/2009/05/28/shrinking-paper-recycling-market/feed/ 3 Price Increases? Don’t Get Too Excited http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/2009/02/27/price-increases-dont-get-too-excited/ http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/2009/02/27/price-increases-dont-get-too-excited/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:37:19 +0000 admin http://blog.pacific-recycling.com/?p=146 With all the bad economic news adding to our woes almost daily, we find ourselves grasping at any sign that things could be on the mend. When I first read this along with some other comments, my feet wanted to get up and do a little jig. I actually had to sit down and do some analysis in my head.

“Now wait just a minute,” I told myself. “This is just a small indicator and it’s in a country far away. Even if it is the beginning of price stabilization, it is in Great Britain and will take some time before being felt over here. And, the commodities that concern out company the most are metals and those are still floating near the bottom – except some precious metals which have gained recently.”

So, yes, the news about some items realizing significant price gains is good, however, it is just a small piece of the pie and it is in a market far away from us. Sit back down, take a few deep breaths and get back to work.

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