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The article highlights the profile and accomplishments of Michigan-based Royal Oak Recycling which has the motto "underpromise and overperform." Purchasing a paper stock plant named Royal Oak Waste Paper & Metal in 1992, Habib Mamou established the recycling firm in 1935. Royal Oak Vice President Ed Mamou indicated adding 100,000 square feet of warehouse space in Metro Detroit to process the volume already there and broadening geographic coverage like opening Cleveland and Pittsburgh locations. INSETS: ROYAL OAK RECYCLING AT A GLANCE;FROM FARM TO TABLE.

The editor comments on people's views regarding paper and plastic in light of the scheduled staging of the Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago, Illinois on October 8-10, 2014. He cites the decline of the market share of ink-on-paper communication in North America and its impact on papermakers and recyclers. He also discusses the staying power and potential growth in paper packaging and notes the need for the plastics industry to address concerns about recycling and sustainability.

The author reflects on 2013 in which the journal "Recycling Today," will celebrate 50 years of service to the crap and recycling industry. Founded in February 1963, the journal started with the title "Secondary Raw Materials," focusing on serving dealers, processors and consumers of secondary ferrous and nonferrous material, paper and textiles. It is noted that automobile shredders have the most dramatic impact in the industry but shredders of all types have given rise to change.

The article focuses on the prices of scrap paper in the market. A recycle based in California described the market as a disaster because the market has turned upside down and the changes came so fast, which has made it difficult to deal with. According to the Southwestern recycler, high grade recovered paper are still moving, but bulk grades are suffering. The decline in the activity in the retail sector is expected to impact the recovered paper market.