Companies renew call for e-scrap export ban
A group supporting legislation to limit overseas shipments of untested used devices praised recent U.S. government action to combat the...
Trade & Tariffs
Fiber end users continue to evolve with export markets
One major U.S. mill operator is actively shipping recycled paper pulp to China, and another is installing equipment to bring...
China moves to relax recycled paper tariffs
The Chinese government will consider exempting tariffs on OCC and other recovered fiber on a company-by-company basis. Meanwhile, a tariff...
Some semblance of stability?
This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content. For...
Exports see another major decline in 2019
Scrap plastic exports from the U.S. continued a steady decrease that has unfolded over the past few years, dropping in...
Chinese paper import permits trend lower
China recently issued its third round of recovered fiber import permits for 2020, and the volume being allowed in this...
Paper and plastic export numbers take historic dive
In 2019, recovered fiber exports from the United States experienced their largest year-over-year decline on record. U.S. scrap plastic exports...
Meet the Speakers: Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
The 2020 Plastics Recycling Conference is just over a week away, and to help you prepare, we're offering insight from...
CRT processor signs deals with two smelters
NovoTec Recycling finalized contracts to ship CRT glass to smelters in British Columbia and South Korea. The total glass capacity...
China’s overall paper imports dropped another 39% last year
China bought less of the world's recycled fiber in 2019, the second year in a row of major decreases in...
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