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Frank Sofie Sr.July 8, 1947 – June 21, 2025 Frank Sofie Sr., devoted husband, father, grandfather, friend, and recycled materials industry leader, passed away at the age of 77. Frank lived life to the fullest, professionally he was part owner of Southern Metal Processing in St. Louis, Missouri for 40 years, and served as Chair...

From July 14 to July 15, ReMA will be hosting the 2025 Safety and Environmental Conference (ReSec) in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the two-day event, industry leaders, safety professionals, and environmental experts will come together to tackle the most pressing challenges in the recycled materials industry. This event will provide attendees with cutting-edge insights, best practices,...

(June 30, 2025-Washington, DC) – The Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) recently updated the ReMA’s ISRI Specifications to include the board-approved addition of ‘Paper cups” to the allowable paper commodities in the Inbound Residential Single Stream and the Inbound Residential Dual Stream specifications. The additions to the allowable paper commodities are as follows:  Inbound Residential Single Stream...

Trade Tree Online (TTO) and Brian McClay & Associates (BMA) are affiliated brands that offer complimentary services to provide reliable and up-to-date pulp and paper market intelligence. The companies together operate as TTOBMA. TTO was launched in March 2016 to produce open-market, transactions-based pulp net-price indices that track and demonstrate real market movements. TTO publishes monthly pulp net-price indices...

From June 18 to 20, ReMA President Robin Wiener traveled to Bangkok, Thailand for the 2025 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Recycling Metals International Conference, organized by the Chinese Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA). “The ASEAN market is an important growth region for our industry, and I had two opportunities during the conference to...