Judge: Company must pay for rejected exports

Published: January 24, 2023
Updated: January 25, 2023
by Marissa Heffernan

Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft took legal action against materials exporter Golden Trust Trading on March 18, 2022, after the shipping giant said it transported 33 containers of PET, PP and PVC film bales from Vancouver, British Columbia to Bangkok in spring 2019 that were rejected by the Thai government. | John Crux/Shutterstock

A federal judge ruled that a Burnaby, British Columbia company owes an international shipping company $4.3 million Canadian dollars over plastics shipments rejected by the Thai government, the second such suit brought against the company. Continue Reading

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US scrap plastic exports continue to fall

Published: November 15, 2022
Updated: December 6, 2022
by Jared Paben

The U.S. exported about 737 million pounds of scrap plastic over the course of the first three quarters of 2022. | Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock

U.S. companies exported about 22% less scrap plastic during the first nine months of this year, continuing a trend of decreased overseas shipments.

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Thailand moving ahead with plastic scrap import ban

Published: October 11, 2022
Updated: October 11, 2022
by Marissa Heffernan

Stacked shipping containers with sunset sky above.

Thailand’s plastic scrap import ban will roll out over three years, with a total ban coming in 2025. | Oaklizm/Shutterstock

Officials in the Southeast Asian country’s government are taking action to ban imports of scrap plastic by 2025, according to local media.

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US scrap plastic exports fall by 22%

Published: August 31, 2022
Updated: August 31, 2022
by Jared Paben

U.S. companies exported 510 million pounds of scrap plastic during the first six months of 2022. | Piyathep/Shutterstock

The U.S. continued to ship less scrap plastic overseas during the first half of this year, federal trade data shows.

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Canada bans some single-use plastics, eyes labeling law

Published: June 22, 2022
Updated: June 22, 2022
by Marissa Heffernan

Canada will no longer allow the manufacture of stir sticks as of December 2022, part of a wider plastics prohibition. | Wan Fahmy Redzuan/Shutterstock

Canada has banned a wide range of single-use plastics, effective by the end of the year for most items, and is looking to implement new labeling laws as well.

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Industry group: Help us find the scrap volumes we need

Published: June 15, 2022
Updated: June 15, 2022
by Marissa Heffernan

A European analysis shows 9 million metric tons of discarded plastic was collected for sorting, out of 30 million produced in 2021. | Muhammad Azman/Shutterstock

European recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.

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First-quarter scrap plastic exports down 21%

Published: June 2, 2022
Updated: June 2, 2022
by Jared Paben

Over 260 million pounds of scrap plastics were exported from the U.S. in the first quarter of 2022. | nattanan726/Shutterstock

The U.S. continues to export less and less scrap plastic overseas, the latest trade figures show.

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From Green Fence to red alert: A China timeline

Published: February 14, 2018
Updated: March 22, 2022
by Editorial Staff

Timeline final update: March 22, 2022

Starting in late 2017, one international issue spent several years at the forefront of North American recycling conversations: China’s ban on the import of certain recovered materials, including a range of plastic types.

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