A Norwegian proposal that aims to combat marine debris could close the door to certain export markets for U.S. recycling companies.
Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].A Norwegian proposal that aims to combat marine debris could close the door to certain export markets for U.S. recycling companies.
The Chinese government has announced key policies in recent weeks, including a plan to ban all recovered material imports by 2020.
Vietnamese officials are looking at short- and long-term policies to stem the skyrocketing volume of recyclables the country has imported in recent months.
China released a proposal to expand its scrap import ban beyond plastics and the other materials that are currently restricted. A new plan would ban every form of “solid waste” from import.
Tariffs have taken effect on machinery, components and billions of dollars of additional products imported into the U.S. from China.
The government of Thailand has banned all scrap plastic from entering its ports, amid a major increase in shipments to the country and others in Southeast Asia.
An application seeks to tighten international regulation of recovered plastic movement.
The U.S. will enact tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products beginning July 6. Vowing retaliation, China released its own list of U.S. products to target in July.
Chinese officials have responded to concerns from other nations about recent import restrictions. The Chinese comments directly address the “waste versus scrap” debate as well as global economic repercussions of National Sword.
A former plastics-to-oil CEO has been convicted of tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on $14 million he obtained by defrauding investors, according to prosecutors.