Recycling Industry on the Rebound

ThomasNet News (Ilya Leybovich) -The economic downturn affected a wide range of U.S. businesses, including the recycling industry, which saw a slowdown in volumes and commodity prices. But promising signs indicate that the recycling market may recover from its losses in the coming year. After a period of rapid growth in processing rates, employment and revenue, the economic recession caused the recycling industry to suffer significant losses, like most sectors of the global economy. But as recycled material commodity prices begin to stabilize and a general economic recovery enables more businesses to resume investing in "green" practices, the recycling industry stands poised to reverse some of its earlier declines and experience a market rebound...