China’s import restrictions – and the numerous ripple effects in the U.S. – continued to dominate readers’ clicks last month.
China’s import restrictions – and the numerous ripple effects in the U.S. – continued to dominate readers’ clicks last month.
China plans to prohibit imports of post-industrial scrap plastic by the end of the year, according to documents published by the country’s environmental department.
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Mathy Stanislaus, who served under President Obama, says current U.S. EPA leaders aren’t fully valuing materials recovery and are harming the industry by putting a singular focus on deregulation.
Testing protocols developed by the Association of Plastic Recyclers give brand owners the chance to prove their plastic packaging can be correctly sorted at materials recovery facilities.
New York’s governor has introduced legislation prohibiting retailers from providing plastic shopping bags to customers at point-of-sale.
Sunday marks the 48th iteration of Earth Day, an annual celebration that tends to spawn many recycling-related events and announcements. This year, plastics are the focus of the conversation.
China has issued its latest round of import permits for scrap materials, and approved volumes remain particularly low on the plastics side.
Many recycling associations are preparing for their biggest gatherings of the year, and three group leaders recently explained how China-related market disruptions will be tackled at their events.
In the course of one year, Los Angeles-area exporters cut their scrap polyethylene shipments to China by 99 percent, leaving thousands of tons of plastic looking for a home. Other countries were only able to absorb about one-fifth of the volume.