Market prices, equipment intelligence and daily reporting for scrap metal, plastics, paper and electronics recycling professionals.https://www.recyclerworld.com/en-us© 2026 RecyclerWorldhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/bridgeharbor-opens-founding-desks/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/bridgeharbor-opens-founding-desks/A platform aimed at brokers who never physically handle the material, built around one record per load and an assistant that drafts but does not send.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEquipment & ServicesSoftwareBrokerageTrade ManagementRecyclerWorld Studio, Commercial content teamhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/mrf-contamination-repricing-processing-contracts/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/mrf-contamination-repricing-processing-contracts/Processing terms are moving from residue-share arrangements to hard per-tonne charges, pushing inbound quality risk back onto collection programmes mid-contract.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMunicipal & IC&IMRFContaminationContractsMarcus Ely, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/personnel-moves-late-july-2026/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/personnel-moves-late-july-2026/Leadership changes at four processors, including a new chief operating officer at a Midwest reclaimer and a commercial head appointed to build out an e-scrap trading desk.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTPersonnelAppointmentsLeadershipEllery Boothe, Staff Reporterhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/lithium-battery-fires-yard-design-problem/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/lithium-battery-fires-yard-design-problem/Yards that have cut incident counts did it with infeed geometry, thermal detection and paid drop-off programmes — not with more signage and more toolbox talks.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTSafetyLithium BatteriesFire PreventionYard OperationsPriya Sandhu, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/recycled-content-mandate-verification-gap/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/recycled-content-mandate-verification-gap/Compliance deadlines in three jurisdictions land within eighteen months, but processors and brands say chain-of-custody documentation for post-consumer resin remains inconsistent and largely unaudited.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTLegislation & RegulationsRecycled ContentComplianceChain of CustodyMarguerite Vaillancourt, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/black-mass-capacity-outruns-feedstock-supply/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/black-mass-capacity-outruns-feedstock-supply/Announced lithium-ion pre-processing capacity now exceeds plausible North American end-of-life battery volumes for several years, leaving shredders competing for production scrap.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTElectronicsBlack MassLithium-IonBattery RecyclingPriya Raghunathan, Associate Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/ubc-recovery-losses-metal-unit-settlement/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/ubc-recovery-losses-metal-unit-settlement/Two rolling-mill groups have shifted used beverage can purchasing from bale weight to recovered metal, exposing yield gaps of three to five percentage points at some suppliers.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTNonferrousAluminiumUBCYieldErin Vasquez, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/epr-fee-modulation-design-splits-producers/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/epr-fee-modulation-design-splits-producers/A mid-Atlantic state's draft producer responsibility rules would vary fees by recyclability, and packaging producers are split on whether the bonus-malus spread is wide enough to change design.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTLegislation & RegulationsEPRFee ModulationPackagingDesmond Achterberg, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/east-coast-export-yards-freight-squeeze/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/east-coast-export-yards-freight-squeeze/Cargo economics out of Baltimore and Camden have deteriorated by roughly $14 a tonne since May, pushing at least two exporters to clear bulk cargoes into the domestic market instead.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFerrousExportFreightHMSColin Rafferty, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/occ-holds-flat-as-mills-stay-covered/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/occ-holds-flat-as-mills-stay-covered/Old corrugated container prices moved sideways in most regions this month, with adequate mill inventories and softer export interest offsetting a modest seasonal dip in generation.Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPaperOCCContainerboardRecovered FibreRenata Iwu, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/material-handler-electric-conversion-fleet-decisions/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/material-handler-electric-conversion-fleet-decisions/Cable-fed electric handlers cut running costs sharply at high utilisation, but yard power upgrades and an illiquid resale market are keeping most operators on diesel.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEquipment & ServicesMaterial HandlersFleetElectrificationDana Ruthven, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/mixed-paper-quality-drives-mrf-retrofit-decisions/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/mixed-paper-quality-drives-mrf-retrofit-decisions/Operators are adding fibre-side optical stages and revisiting screen configurations as mill specifications tighten faster than single-stream inbound composition improves.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPaperMixed PaperMRF OperationsSortingDesmond Achterberg, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/copper-chops-spread-compression-granulators/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/copper-chops-spread-compression-granulators/Bare bright chop discounts to exchange have narrowed to 6 to 8 cents a pound in the Midwest, squeezing granulator businesses that were underwritten on a 15-cent spread.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTNonferrousCopperGranulationSpreadsNaomi Okafor, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/pe-film-recovery-economics-shift-with-pellet-demand/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/pe-film-recovery-economics-shift-with-pellet-demand/Recyclers report firmer pricing for baled LDPE and LLDPE stretch film from distribution centres, while post-consumer store drop-off material remains a cost centre.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlasticsFilmLDPEPost-IndustrialEllery Boothe, Staff Reporterhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/eaf-capacity-outpacing-prime-scrap-supply/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/eaf-capacity-outpacing-prime-scrap-supply/Three merchant bar and plate projects due on line through 2027 will add roughly 4.1 million tons of annual Ohio Valley melt, into a busheling market that is not growing at all.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFerrousEAFBushelingCapacityMarcus Ely, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/halden-optical-sorting-retrofit-spotlight/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/halden-optical-sorting-retrofit-spotlight/Halden Sorting Systems argues that most MRFs can add a sorting stage inside existing conveyor geometry, and that the structural work operators fear is avoidable more often than not.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEquipment & ServicesOptical SortingRetrofitsMRF EquipmentRecyclerWorld Studio, Sponsored Contenthttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/pet-reclaimer-margins-squeezed-by-bale-costs/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/pet-reclaimer-margins-squeezed-by-bale-costs/Postconsumer PET bale values have climbed faster than washed flake for three straight months, compressing reclaimer margins to the thinnest levels since the 2023 restart cycle.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlasticsPETReclaimersBale PricingMarguerite Vaillancourt, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/two-ram-baler-uptime-throughput-losses/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/two-ram-baler-uptime-throughput-losses/A survey of 34 mid-sized processors found the average two-ram line runs at 61 percent of nameplate throughput, with wire-tier faults the single largest loss bucket.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEquipment & ServicesBalersUptimeMaintenanceGil Hensley, Associate Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/secure-data-destruction-demand-outpaces-commodity-value/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/secure-data-destruction-demand-outpaces-commodity-value/ITAD operators say audit-grade chain-of-custody and certified media sanitisation increasingly drive contract awards, with commodity recovery a secondary line in the pricing model.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTElectronicsITADData DestructionE-ScrapPriya Raghunathan, Associate Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/shredded-scrap-flat-midwest-july-buy-week/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/shredded-scrap-flat-midwest-july-buy-week/Obsolete intake fell sharply through a wet June, but muted mill bidding stopped the busheling premium widening past $90 a gross ton — a spread dealers had been counting on.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFerrousShredded ScrapPricingBushelingDana Ruthven, Markets Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/optical-sorter-retrofit-payback-economics/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/optical-sorter-retrofit-payback-economics/Processors are increasingly buying a single AI-assisted ejection unit rather than rebuilding a sort line, cutting typical payback from around 40 months to under 20 on the same recovery gain.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEquipment & ServicesOptical SortingCapexRetrofitTom Brackett, Senior Editorhttps://www.recyclerworld.com/news/port-congestion-reroutes-recovered-fibre-exports/https://www.recyclerworld.com/news/port-congestion-reroutes-recovered-fibre-exports/Congestion at a major South Asian container terminal has added a reported eight to twelve days to recovered paper and plastics shipments, pushing some traders toward alternative discharge ports.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTInternationalExportsFreightRecovered FibreTomas Lindqvist, International Editor