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Recycling Markets Stumbling in Our Shapeshifting Economy

August 15, 2022

Via: Waste360

No one should be surprised at the up and down prices for our recyclables. After all, they are commodities subject to the economy’s ups and downs. Unlike recycling markets, the current economy is doing both at the same time. The Washington Post recently described it as “shape-shifting” because economic data is so contradictory. In August, eight days after we learned we had two consecutive quarters of declining economic growth (which is the definition of a recession), employment data showed tremendous job growth. We were back to pre-COVID levels. Housing starts are down, construction jobs are up and inflation is an inescapable reality. What is going on?

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