Market Commentary September 2019
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.Read More
Market Commentary July 2019
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. Read More
Market Commentary June 2019
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.Read More
Are flushable wipes really flushable?
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.Read More
Booking a Pick-Up has never been easier!
With Urban Impact's new app, it has never been easier for our customers to Request a Pick-up!Request a Pick-up:-on the Web App on Urban Impact’s website. -or use the new Urban Impact app on a mobile device.A request from a customer received from either the web app or mobile app is automatically sent to customerservice@urbanimpact.com with their name, phone number, email address and comments.Our Customer Service team will respond promptly to your request.Read More
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