The top trade destinations of U.S. scrap plastic trade were Canada, India, Hong Kong, Mexico and South Korea in that order.

The cumulative imports during the initial two-month period totaled 36,415 tons.

Steel Dynamics foresees notable increase in domestic steel consumption during 2019.

The topmost trade partner during Jan-Feb ’19 was Turkey.

In Connecticut, about 35 percent of waste was recycled or composted in 2015, a rate that has remained “relatively flat” during the past decade.

Automobile shredders in the U.S., which on average process 365,000 metric tons of material per day, have sourced as much as 85 percent of the necessary wear parts from China.

Cu/Al Radiator Ends, Cu/Al Radiators and Cu/Al Radiators/Fe remained flat on April 22nd, 2019.

Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs society billions of dollars every year in damaged and lost resources, research has found.

Best Buy, Whole Foods, Home Depot, Lowes and Staples all have free drop-off spots to take dead batteries off your hands.

In the Hallmarked category, the 14 carat gold scrap prices remained unchanged at $ 723.89 per Oz.

To date, ACP aquariums have eliminated plastic straws – preventing the use of 5 million straws per year – and single-use plastic shopping bags in their facilities, in partnership with each aquarium’s food service provider and retailer.

The monthly smelter/refinery output of nickel totaled 168.9kt in February this year. At the same time, consumption totaled 157.2kt.