North American recovered paper market softens this summer
Published Online: August 6, 2025
Written by: Marissa McNees
"In the latest “World Mirror on Recovered Paper” published by the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), one industry veteran sums up the state of the North American market matter-of-factly, and the outlook does not inspire much confidence.
“The general state of the paper business is simply not pretty,” says Myles Cohen, board member of Vipa USA Inc., part of Swiss trading company Vipa Group.
Cohen, writing on behalf of Vipa Group CEO Marc Ehrlich, says that after several months of increasing or stable recovered paper prices, the North American market softened in May and June as lower prices have been recorded in almost all regions, particularly for old corrugated containers (OCC) and mixed paper, but also for high grades like sorted office paper. ..."
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