Slow motion.There may be plenty of scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → to go around, but moving it at a decent price has been another story in recent weeks. Many sources report seeing particularly high inventories lately. The pileups include all grades, but especially old corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. containers (COO). While a source on the West Coast reports No. 8 and No. 9 news, as well as mixed paper, showing some signs of strength, many others report a sluggish market all around. Generation is fine, even up in some cases, such as with old newspapers (ONP ONP Open Network Provision(ing) ONP Olympic National Park ONP Old Newspapers (pulp and paper inustry) ONP One Nation Party ONP Operation Na Pali (gaming) ONP One Night Process ); however, orders have been harder to come by than usual. One source says it feels like the traditionally slow summer market is stretching into autumn. "The shine is off" the recovered paper market, says a Midwestern recycler. Several factors have been contributing to the slow-motion market--factors that might not have had such an effect if they'd occurred independently. But sources say the combination has been taking a toll. Freight problems have been complicating com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. the market, which has been suffering from weaker prices in the first place. One source says that trucking is being strained by additional demand from the fallout fallout, minute particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions (see atomic bomb; hydrogen bomb; Chernobyl) or by discharge from nuclear-power or atomic installations and scattered throughout the earth's atmosphere by winds and convection currents. following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as relief agencies send emergency supplies to the affected areas. Added to that, the early autumn months are also harvest time Noun 1. harvest time - the season for gathering crops harvest farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock , creating more competition for trucks on the road. In addition, rising fuels costs have been chipping away at margins for months, adding to the bigger problem with transportation. "Transportation is not available at the levels we need," says one Midwestern packer packer /pack·er/ (pak´er) an instrument for introducing a dressing into a cavity or a wound. pack·er n. 1. An instrument for tamponing. 2. See plugger. . Fuel costs, freight issues and weak prices have combined to create a very sluggish atmosphere in the recovered paper industry. Product is moving, sources say, just very slowly. One packer reports taking lower prices--up to $10 below the published asking price--just to move material. Current market conditions haven't changed much over the last few months, prodding some mills to start changing their mixes a little, one Midwestern recycler reports. Some buyers have discontinued the grades they traditionally sought and have started buying new and different grades, which has added some disruption to the market as a whole. Sources continue to echo the same cautious optimism that, as the busy packaging season approaches, the market will see some improvement. (Additional news about paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. markets, including breaking news and pricing, is available online at Recycling Today com.) [GRAPHIC OMITTED] |
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