SWANA Releases New ARF Report on Recycling Trends

Silver Spring, MD – The SWANA Applied Research Foundation (ARF) released a new research report titled “An Analysis of Recycling Market Trends and Impacts.” This report provides an overview of recycling market trends, emerging end markets, and new designs in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Readers will gain an understanding of pricing trends, changing materials, and other insights to plan for the future of recycling programs.

“SWANA is pleased to release this report to kick off Earth Month. SWANA celebrates recycling year-round, and it takes on a special significance during this month. The latest research report provides important details on recycling market rates and end markets to support the future reliance of recycling,” says SWANA CEO Amy Lestition Burke, MA, FASAE, CAE.

The report provides examples of growing end markets with case studies of end uses for hard-to-recycle materials and examples of investments in MRF expansions and technologies. It also describes the Circular Plastics Microfactory in the City of Phoenix which was also recently highlighted in a SWANA webinar. The report concludes with the importance of staying aware of market trends for future planning.

Lestition Burke adds, “We encourage readers to utilize this data to inform their own planning and investments in their recycling programs, infrastructure, and end markets.”

The topic was selected by ARF members to gain a fuller understanding of emerging markets and technologies. ARF members will be invited to an exclusive webinar presenting the report findings and a discussion of the impact of recent policies and market changes on recycling.

The full report is now available to SWANA members free of charge and to non-members for a fee.

To learn more about SWANA and the Applied Research Foundation, visit https://swana.org/resources/research.