Low aluminum prices add to MRF woes

摘要

Used beverage cans, historically a reliable and valuable commodity, have seen recent price lows that are adding extra strife to already stressed residential recycling markets. A year ago, UBCs, the most common scrap aluminum grade handled by MRFs, were trading for 74 to 76 cents per pound, truckload quantity picked up from a supplier. Now, they're selling for 20 cents less per pound, according to a Jan. 14 market report from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI).