Prices For Recycled Material Have Recovered From A Three Year Slump

MAINE PUBLIC • August 19, 2021

Waste processor Ecomaine says it's making money again on scrap paper. When China stopped importing recycled paper and plastic in 2018, it produced such a glut that last July, Ecomaine was paying companies to take its product. Now, the market has reversed, in part, because of the pandemic-driven need for more paper packaging. Ecomaine Chief Executive Kevin Roche says he's hoping some Maine mills will get into the act.