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Last year, Washington imported 26.2 million metric tons of the metal from across 79 countries and territories.
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
As of March 2025, steel costs $984 a metric ton in the United States, significantly more than the price in Europe ($690) or China ($392), according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Though the market potential of textile-to-textile recycling in the EU looks promising—with volumes of post-consumer textile waste suitable for recycling projected to reach 1.2 million metric tons by 2030—business viability remains challenging.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
The United States led the world in plastic waste in 2016, Mann writes, generating over 42 million metric tons.
—Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2025
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
As of March 2025, steel costs $984 a metric ton in the United States, significantly more than the price in Europe ($690) or China ($392), according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Though the market potential of textile-to-textile recycling in the EU looks promising—with volumes of post-consumer textile waste suitable for recycling projected to reach 1.2 million metric tons by 2030—business viability remains challenging.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
The United States led the world in plastic waste in 2016, Mann writes, generating over 42 million metric tons.
—Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2025
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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