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was launched in February last year.
The latest indices relate to the fol-
lowing regions: New England,
Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest,
Pacific Northwest, Northern Califor-
nia and Southern California.

The Dow Jones Recovered Papers
Index series provides industry par-
ticipants with independent pricing
information to assist them in mak-
ing appropriate risk and price as-
sessments. The indices average out
wholesale monthly transactions to
offer a more precise reflection of
market activity.

The Dow Jones Recovered
Papers Indexes are available
on the sixth business day of the
month at www.djindexes.com and
www.dowjonesnews.com. In addi-
tion, the indices will be distributed
directly by Dow Jones Indexes via
electronic subscription.

Study into auto
shredder
residue recy-
cling

The United States Council for Au-
tomotive Research’s Vehicle Recy-
cling Partnership (VRP) has signed
a contract with ECO2 Plastics Inc.
to evaluate its PET plastics recy-
cling technology.

While US vehicle manufacturers
have worked to eliminate sub-
stances of concern from general ve-
hicle content, some can still be found
in shredder residues – many of them
originating from non-automobile
sources such as appliances and de-
molition materials.

ECO2 Plastics is one of several
private industry innovators working
with the VRP and its partners to de-
velop shredder residue recycling so-
lutions. Shredder residue plastics
are cleaned using an environmental-
ly-friendly, water-free process which
deploys a biodegradable solvent and
liquid carbon dioxide to remove of-

fending substances, thus facilitating
the use of the remaining plastics.

American Iron’s
scrap art com-
petition

American Iron of Minneapolis,
USA, has announced the winners of
its seventh annual ‘Art of Recycling’
Metal Sculpture Competition, which
features artwork made from scrap
metal collected for recycling and
made available to local artists by the
recycler.

Contestants are allowed one hour
to select the raw materials from
American Iron’s main yard, and have
five weeks to create their artwork.
This year, the contest attracted 28
entries – the largest of which weighed
more than 300 pounds and stood 9
feet tall, and the smallest of which
weighed less than two pounds.

To view the recycling sculptures,
visit: www.scrappy.com

Harris surveys
US recycling
habits

A poll of 2372 adults carried out
by US market research agency Har-
ris Interactive has revealed that
77% of American adults recycle
something in their own home, while
23% still recycle nothing at all.

Although the assumption is typi-
cally that younger generations are
more likely to recycle, the poll
showed that 30% of Echo Boomers
(aged 18 to 30) recycle nothing, com-
pared with 19% of Matures (aged 62
and older). The poll also showed that

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those in the East and West of the
USA are more likely to recycle, with
recycling rates of 88% and 86% re-
spectively; however, 32% of people in
the South and 30% of those in the
Midwest claim to recycle nothing.
Why aren’t adults recycling? Over-
all, the most-cited reason selected
was: ‘Not available in our area.’

In terms of materials recycled,
67% of adults surveyed said that
they recycle aluminium or metal
cans, while 59% recycle paper and
57% recycle plastic. Just more than
half the adults surveyed (54%) said
that they recycle glass.

For more of the survey’s findings,
visit www.harrisinteractive.com

Hong Kong
stalls metal
scrap imports

By early August, up to 120 000
tonnes of copper scrap had been held
up by customs officials in the Port of
Hong Kong. And stricter controls on
imports were not expected to be re-
laxed for two to four months.

According to Bonnie Liu, an ana-
lyst at Macquarie Bank, scrap im-
ports in Southern China will be re-
stricted for several months because
customs officers are increasingly re-
searching alleged smuggling of scrap
metal. Investigations are focusing on
ports in South China – from the
Jangtze river near Shanghai down
to Guangzhou in Guangdong
province – where the influence of the
central Chinese authorities is tradi-
tionally at its weakest.

According to one Taiwanese cop-
per scrap exporter, there are almost
no copper stocks left in the South
China market.

R O U N D U P

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