Secondary Commodity Market increased 0.24%
 
Sunday September 01, 2013
  
Over the past 30 days The Secondary Commodity Index, which tracks market trends across 11 recycling industry sectors. advanced 0.24%. 
  
Scrap Metals rose 0.87%, wastepaper was down 1.12% while recovered plastics increased 1.36%.
  
The Waste to Energy Index advanced 1.30%, Textiles decreased 0.68%, and activity in the recovered industrial minerals sector resulted in a positive 0.25%. Precious and exotic metals rose 3.61% and the scrap tire index was up 0.56%. 
  
The Municipal Curbside Recycling Index increased 0.12%, Electronic Scrap was down 2.09% and the Automotive Recycling Index rose 1.10%.
  
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