Secondary Commodity Composite Index
The Secondary Commodity Composite Index tracks the changing market prices across
the spectrum of the recycling industry.
The Index is a composite Index of 11 industry sectors within the recyclable (secondary) materials
marketplace.
The sectors include ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, exotic metals,
waste/scrap paper, plastics, textiles, tire/rubber, electronics, recovered minerals, curbside materials,
waste energy and automobile related scrap.
The Index includes snapshots of 5 viewpoints of market trends :
the past 7 days, past 30 days, past 90 days, past 1 year and past 2 years.
The Composite Index is updated daily before noon EST and tracks 7 days per week.
Transaction activity on the weekends is typically
lighter; it is not uncommon to see no change reflected in the Index during this time period.
The Composite Index is derived from current spot market prices
originating from the
Green Exchange (GRN). This source of data is
proprietary in nature and may not reflect external markets trends.
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