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China moves to extend ban to all materials
The Chinese government has released a proposal to completely ban imports of recovered fiber and every other form of “solid waste.”
Conservative commentators rip ‘recycling scam’
The U.S. recycling market disruption from China’s import restrictions has received mainstream media attention since the beginning of 2018. But recently, the issue has engaged a handful of right-leaning opinion writers.
Dual-stream collection regains appeal in some areas
In the midst of a recycling market downturn, a growing number of small municipal programs across North America are moving away from single-stream at the curb.
REMADE funds plastics and e-scrap recycling research
Projects advancing plastics and scrap electronics recovery will receive funding through a federal initiative to save energy and support U.S. manufacturing.
In My Opinion: Time to think beyond recycling
Recycling is struggling – but as the adage goes, crisis equals opportunity.
New end use for mixed paper and plastics developed
Markets for mixed paper and plastics have been hard hit by China’s import restrictions. Now, a Texas company is working to develop a new domestic one: paper-plastic building panels.
Investment to grow recyclable insulated packaging
The Closed Loop Fund will provide financing to boost production of fiber-based insulated food packaging, with an eye toward reducing the amount of foam polystyrene entering MRFs.

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