Trade & Tariffs

Recycled plastic pellets are facing greater scrutiny upon import into China, international recycling stakeholders recently reported. The Bureau of International...

A coalition that includes the U.S. and European Union failed to agree on how new global plastic waste shipping regulations...

Improper management of scrap plastics in Southeast Asia and elsewhere has increased sharply in the wake of China's National Sword...

Improper management of scrap plastics in Southeast Asia and elsewhere has increased sharply in the wake of China's National Sword...

Another major container ship operator says it's ending scrap shipments to China as that country prepares to widen its prohibition...

Another major container ship operator says it's ending scrap shipments to China as that country prepares to widen its prohibition...

The graph below shows the trends for four major scrap plastic categories tracked and reported as collected for recycling in...

New trade figures show lower year-over-year exports of recovered plastic from January to June. The decline was largely driven by...

New trade figures show lower U.S. exports of both recovered paper and plastic from January to June, compared with the...

Citing China's upcoming legislation that will ban all "solid waste" imports, APM-Maersk this month announced it will stop shipping virtually...