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The article focuses on the status of the recovered paper industry as of March 2009. It notes that the industry is awaiting the fallout from the announcement that a bankruptcy protection has been filed by Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. for its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada. According to Domtar Corp., it will permanently lessen fine paper manufacturing at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill. Domtar president John D. Williams cites that the decline of fine paper orders requires that the company reduce its uncoated freesheet manufacturing capacity.

The article offers updates from the U.S. paper stock market as of May 2012. According to several paper stock dealers, there were indicators that domestic recycled board mills have met their inventory needs and are reducing new purchases of old corrugated containers (OCC), old newspapers (ONP) and mixed paper. One major factor affecting the paper stock market are Chinese mill buyers. Several countries with paper stock market slowdown are Mexico and Canada.

The article reports on the steady scrap material flow and solid demand experienced by metal processors doing business in Canada in 2012 in the midst of ongoing global economic crisis. Steady material flows is boosted by regional economic strength, industrial retooling and a strong construction sector. The closure of pulp and paper mills has also boosted demolition scrap.

The article focuses on various plastic bag legislation in the U.S. and Canada. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has exercised his veto power on a bill that aims to establish a recycling program for plastic bags in the state. Industries affected by the plastic ban in Toronto, Ontario, Canada are seeking to reopen the vote of the Toronto City Council. Superior Court Judge Teri Jackson has ruled in favor of the plastic bag ban imposed in most retail locations in San Francisco, California.

The article reports on the announcement made by grocery store chain Whole Foods Market that it will stop using plastic grocery bags at all of its 270 stores in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. It notes that the company aims to eliminate all plastic bags from its stores by April 22, 2008. According to the company, it will distribute over 50,000 reusable shopping bags to customers to celebrate the announcement. It cites that each store will begin to decrease its stocks of disposable plastic grocery bags at its checkouts.