BIR Convention: India is ramping up recovered paper requirements

At the same time China enacts yet another hurdle to overseas recovered paper purchasing, India is poised to need more material from around the world.

Packaging firms continue price hikes

Since the end of 2024, packaging companies have cited market conditions and shifting consumer trends away from goods to services as reasons to raise prices.

The installation of a pair of two-ram balers manufactured by Harris and American Baler has set up Quincy Recycle’s West Bend, Wisconsin, facility to easily handle increasing tonnage.

BVSE announces April conference details

Paper recycling organization will convene April 1 in Bonn, Germany.

IMFA lines up Huhtamaki keynote speaker

Ann O’Hara, president of Huhtamaki North America, will serve as keynote speaker at the International Molded Fiber Association annual conference in Miami this spring.

Making your presence impactful

Paper recycling veteran Joel Litman of Texas Recycling has been a champion for the industry for decades and is the latest recipient of the ReMA PSI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tomra sees paper and plastics applications for GAINnext

Technology provider says GAINnext can use deep learning to reduce impurities in sorted and recycled paper and plastic grades.

Generation lagging across the board

OCC pricing has climbed since the start of 2023, though a slow rebound suggests the market might not have recovered yet.

Veolia boosts its presence in Germany’s paper recycling sector

The French firm’s Veolia Holding Deutschland unit has purchased remaining stakes in two joint venture sorting plants in Germany.

Paper capacity, production declines, but slight growth predicted in ’24

The American Forest & Paper Association has released its 64th annual “Paper Industry Capacity and Fiber Consumption Survey.”

Fiber demand diverges between US and rest of world

While mills in the United States aggressively seek recovered fiber feedstock, demand in Europe continues to disappoint recyclers.