PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Executive Director, executive.director@nerc.org
Date: April 9, 2020

Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper – Updated March 2020

The Northeast Recycling Council's (NERC) has published an update to its Summary of Announced Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper report. Despite all of the upheaval in the recycling industry, several capacity expansions have been completed and others are moving towards their projected opening dates. This latest update reflects our continuing progress towards increased capacity to use recycled paper in North America. Download the most recent report here.

NERC has been reporting on national investment in paper recycling infrastructure since November 2018. The report has been updated five times - April, June, August, November 2019, and now March 2020.

For further information, contact Lynn Rubinstein, NERC Executive Director or Chaz Miller, Chair of the NERC-NEWMOA Regional Recycling Markets Committee.