| Secondary Commodity Market increased 1.39% Thursday May 01, 2014
 
 Over the past 30 days The Secondary Commodity Index, which tracks market trends across 11 recycling industry sectors. advanced 1.39%.
 
 Scrap Metals rose 2.80%, wastepaper was up 0.33% while recovered plastics increased 0.40%.
 
 The Waste to Energy Index advanced 5.09%, Textiles increased 0.69%, and activity in the recovered industrial minerals sector resulted in a positive 0.06%. Precious and exotic metals fell 0.53% and the scrap tire index was down 0.95%.
 
 The Municipal Curbside Recycling Index increased 0.62%, Electronic Scrap was up 0.68% and the Automotive Recycling Index rose 2.83%.
 
 
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