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Market Commentary September

The industry had hope that cardboard pricing was rebounding ever so slightly over the low pricing we have been experiencing over the last few months.  It appears that the August gain is neutralized by a September decline in cardboard pricing.  Economic news globally is certainly not buoyant and has direct impact on the price of many recovered materials such as cardboard.

Well we hoped for and it now appears that the market pricing for cardboard has reached the bottom and is even showing signs of some improvement.  This is very encouraging for all parts of the supply chain as cardboard is a commodity that you can typically count on to cover most of bulk collection services and hauling and good market conditions provides a stream of revenue.

Urban Impact is continuing to work hard on communicating actively with our customer base on any quality issues with materials received at both of our plants.  

Market pricing for cardboard and other paper recovered materials continue to weaken.  It is unfortunate as many suppliers and companies rely on the pricing of various commodities to help pay for collection and equipment.   We would hope that the current pricing levels are near the bottom, hindsight will tell.

Metro Vancouver’s third annual unflushables campaign is reminding residents to keep wipes and other items like hair, floss and tampons out of the toilets.

Flushing such items down the toilet is causing problems for the region’s wastewater system by damaging pumping equipment and clogging up sewers.

This year’s campaign focuses on wipe products, which are often misleadingly marketed as ‘flushables’.