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Cambodia returns scrap plastic to US and Canada

Published: July 23, 2019
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Cargo ship at port in Cambodia.

The returned containers held a total of 3.2 million pounds of material. | porjai kittawornrat/Shutterstock

More Southeast Asian nations are sending contaminated recyclables back to their originating country, as governments in the region continue to grapple with higher scrap plastic and paper import volumes.

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US asks developed nations to omit Basel plastic rules

Published: July 16, 2019
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Stacked containers at a shipping port.

Regulatory changes could prevent the U.S. from exporting mixed plastics to a number of countries. | rawf8/Shutterstock

Federal regulators are asking countries that are major buyers of U.S. recyclables to refrain from implementing new trade restrictions laid out in the Basel Convention, a treaty covering global scrap material shipments.

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