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Tulsa recycling report: tariffs, prices and local contamination trends
Summary
City staff reviewed recycling markets, material prices and contamination trends, reporting flat volumes year-over-year, recent price gains for aluminum and milk jugs, and continuing uncertainty from tariff and grant changes affecting processing infrastructure.
City recycling staff told the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy on March 25 that broader market and policy shifts have affected recyclable-material values, but local volumes and program performance have remained steady.
"These tariffs, for us, are more Mexico Canada than necessarily anything abroad further," a recycling official said, describing trade and tariff effects on resins and commodities. Staff warned that changes…
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