Secondary Commodity Market increased 0.23%
 
Tuesday October 01, 2013
  
Over the past 30 days The Secondary Commodity Index, which tracks market trends across 11 recycling industry sectors. advanced 0.23%. 
  
Scrap Metals rose 0.17%, wastepaper was up 2.55% while recovered plastics decreased 2.92%.
  
The Waste to Energy Index declined 2.64%, Textiles decreased 1.13%, and activity in the recovered industrial minerals sector resulted in a positive 0.25%. Precious and exotic metals fell 2.52% and the scrap tire index was down 0.36%. 
  
The Municipal Curbside Recycling Index decreased 1.42%, Electronic Scrap was up 4.19% and the Automotive Recycling Index fell 3.00%.
  
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