Waste Handling & Recycling Solutions

Harmony’s Data-Driven Sustainability Solutions bring together energy optimization, indoor health protection, and real-time operational intelligence to help organizations create healthier spaces, reduce energy use, and make smarter decisions—powered by measurable data, not assumptions. These human-centric technologies are designed to work independently or together to deliver continuous performance improvement, verified savings, and long-term sustainability outcomes across commercial, industrial, agricultural, and institutional environments.

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Solutions Built Around Your Industry & Operational Environment

Reduce hauling costs, improve backroom efficiency, and simplify recycling with solutions designed to keep busy retail backrooms running efficiently every day.

Retail & Grocery

Manage corrugated, plastics, scrap materials, and production waste with durable equipment built for continuous use, helping free up floor space while supporting a safer, more productive work environment.

Manufacturing & Industrial Facilities

Keep docks clear, reduce labor handling time, and process recyclable materials efficiently to support continuous movement and material flow across high volume warehouse and logistics environments.

Distribution & Warehousing

Support cleaner spaces, smarter waste handling, and operational reliability with solutions designed for hospitals, clinics, and regional medical campuses.

Healthcare & Medical Centers

From schools and municipal buildings to apartment communities, Harmony solutions help manage waste across multiple locations, while controlling costs and minimizing disruptions to improve safety, cleanliness, and operational performance.

Public Sector & Multi Facility Environments

High material volumes, space constraints, and rising transport costs make efficient compaction essential to keep operations running and margins strong. Process OCC, PET, aluminum, textiles, and mixed recyclables with equipment designed to maximize throughput, bale quality, and commodity value.

Recycling & Material Recovery

Harmony Recycling Market Pulse: Updated Weekly!

MONDAY MARKET PULSE | OCTOBER 5–9, 2026

OCC
Old corrugated containers continue to show strength heading into October. The latest national average reached about $90 per ton, up roughly $10 from the previous month and well above the $67 per ton average from a year ago.

Mixed Paper
Mixed paper also strengthened in the latest reporting period, moving into the $35–$40 per ton range. That represents about a $5 per ton monthly increase and puts the grade above its level from the same period last year.

PET
PET remains the soft spot among the major curbside commodities. Post-consumer PET bottles and jars are averaging approximately 2.61 cents per pound, essentially unchanged from the prior month but significantly below the 5.09 cents per pound seen one year ago.

Aluminum UBC
Aluminum beverage cans continue to provide strong value, with sorted and baled UBCs averaging approximately 96.56 cents per pound nationally. That is up slightly from the previous month and considerably higher than the 78.44 cents per pound average from a year ago.

Steel Cans
Sorted and baled steel cans remain steady at approximately $198 per ton. While pricing was essentially flat in the latest reporting period, current values remain well above the $158 per ton average recorded one year earlier.

Overall Market
Recovered fiber and metals are providing much of the positive momentum heading into October, while PET continues to face a challenging pricing environment. OCC and mixed paper have both improved, and aluminum remains particularly strong. For recycling operations, the contrast reinforces the importance of producing clean, marketable material and efficiently managing every commodity stream.

Market conditions and pricing can vary by region, material quality, volume, transportation costs, and individual buyer or mill agreements.