China enacts tariffs on U.S. scrap aluminum
Providing less than a day of warning, China began imposing a 25 percent tariff on recovered aluminum shipments from the...
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Why a virgin plastics giant entered the recycling business
LyondellBasell, one of biggest plastic and chemical companies on the planet, has stepped into the plastics recycling sector for the...
China bites back after diplomats criticize scrap restrictions
Chinese officials have accused the U.S. of hypocrisy for denigrating the scrap imports ban amid a brewing trade war between...
Major prime capacity on the way
Prime plastic developments have occurred in the past two weeks, and they carry the potential to impact recycled resin prices....
Recycled-content thermoforms producer to be purchased
Packaging and industrial products company Sonoco will acquire a Florida thermoformer that uses high levels of RPET flake in its...
China bites back after diplomats criticize scrap ban
Chinese officials have accused the U.S. of hypocrisy for denigrating the scrap imports ban amid a brewing trade war between...
What’s at stake in scrap aluminum tariffs threatened by China
After wounding U.S. exports of scrap paper and plastics, China is now preparing to cripple recovered aluminum shipments. This time,...
Making real currency from cryptocurrency mining
A cryptocurrency mining rig (photo courtesy of Filmar Technologies) When Serdar Bankaci went looking for a graphics card recently, he...
China: Scrap imports down 12 percent due to ban
China’s top environmental official has quantified the reduction in scrap materials flowing into the country as a result of recent...
China: Scrap imports down 12 percent due to ban
China’s top environmental official has quantified the reduction in scrap materials flowing into the country as a result of recent...
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