Minnesota recycling efforts choked by Chinese import cutbacks

Bill Keegan didn’t think it could get any worse. He sells recycled paper, and despaired in May when the price dropped to zero. He could hardly believe it when he saw the listed industry price this past week — “negative $5 per ton.” Keegan actually had to pay someone to take the paper that his […]

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