OCC prices are down from recent highs in 2024. This plays into packaging producers’ bottom lines as they try to balance ...

Last year ended with some cautious optimism around demand trends, particularly with packaging grades made of recovered paper, but price trends for mixed paper and old corrugated containers (OCC), ...

A representative for the OCC declined to comment. There have been other obstacles as well. Unlike index options, which are cash settled, contracts tied to individual stocks require the delivery of ...