PepsiCo has scaled up its commitment to The Recycling Partnership, and a leader at the beverage company says the money will be geared toward improving local programs.
Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].PepsiCo has scaled up its commitment to The Recycling Partnership, and a leader at the beverage company says the money will be geared toward improving local programs.
The Malaysian and Vietnamese governments have followed through on plans to clamp down on recycled material shipments. Both countries have stopped issuing new import permits for certain materials.
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.