2024 marks the 30th anniversary of our membership in the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industry, or ISRI. A lot of recycling progress has taken place during our 30-year involvement with this organization. (Earlier this year, ISRI rebranded as the Recycled Materials Association and is currently known as “ReMA,” but we’ll refer to it as ISRI...Continue Reading

Miller Recycling likes to keep our customers informed about new developments in the recycling industry and make predictions about the future of the scrap metal market, but we know that most business owners are primarily concerned with one thing: today’s price. When you need hard-to-manage waste hauled away, you want to pay as little as...Continue Reading

Back in 2016, I shared a blog about the current state of the recycling industry and some of the factors that were creating challenges for both recyclers and consumers. A lot has happened since then, most notably the pandemic, inflation and the enactment of China’s National Sword policy. Recycling in Massachusetts and throughout the U.S....Continue Reading

If what happened recently in the recycling markets happened in the stock market, we wouldn’t be in a recession; we would be in a depression. Markets for low-grade recycled fiber, such as cardboard and mixed paper, have taken a dramatic fall in recent months. During the pandemic, the economy managed to stay strong, despite the...Continue Reading

Even in an increasingly digital world, we all still rely on paper. It’s more critical in some industries than others. Your business might be able to adjust to a temporary shortage of printer paper by printing essential items only, but a newspaper publisher can’t function without an adequate supply of newsprint, and that’s exactly the...Continue Reading

We’re celebrating a big milestone in 2021: Miller Recycling is proud to be a 30-year member company of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. For me, reaching this point is a gratifying reminder of how long we’ve been helping our clients with their recycling needs. (Of course, Miller Recycling has been around for much longer...Continue Reading

In just under three months, we have watched many businesses temporarily close their store fronts and some shutter completely. But American hard work and ingenuity have shone through in this difficult time as medical PPE suppliers amped up production and marketing, apparel companies are stitching masks, and cosmetic and fragrance companies are now bottling hand...Continue Reading

We are all facing enormous challenges with relation to the impact of the COVID-19 virus. As a business it requires you to closely review all opportunities and attempt to create and develop efficiencies that may have been overlooked in the past. One of the opportunities that we have identified at Miller Recycling is the additional...Continue Reading

Miller Recycling & Northeast Data Destruction adding new software to better service our growing list of customers. Following an extensive 2+ year process of research, we have chosen Nexus Recycling from Los Angeles, CA to assist with improving efficiencies, lowering costs, and streamlining our operations in Mansfield, MA. Nexus Recycling Software is a custom software...Continue Reading

As part of their piece on China’s National Sword recycling policy, American Metal Market reached out to Miller Recycling’s President, Randy Miller, to garner his thoughts on the policy and the meaning behind the policy’s name. Miller has been following the evolution of the policy from his inception, and has posted to our blog several...Continue Reading