A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold.
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A Thai policy restricting the import of scrap plastics has proved effective. U.S. scrap plastic exports to the country dropped by 94 percent after the ban took hold.
Construction is well underway on a massive containerboard mill in Ohio that will consume recovered material.
A Chinese investment firm is planning a $75 million recycling plant to process scrap plastics, electronics and other materials.
There’s no denying it; the world is experiencing a plastic waste crisis and it’s growing – but so is public awareness and action.
This story has been corrected.
The U.S. and China have fired their latest salvo in their ongoing trade war, and this time tariffs have been applied to a number of additional U.S. recyclables.