China continues to decrease permits for imported paper
The latest permit figures from the Chinese government illustrate the country's goals to continue reducing its recycled fiber intake. The...
Trade & Tariffs
Production growth outpaces bottle recycling increase
More plastic bottles were recycled in 2018 than the prior year. But because of an overall bottle production increase, the...
Import policies choke the flow of recycled plastic from US
Export figures continue to show the power of recycled plastic import restrictions in Southeast Asia. Countries that were previously the...
China halts tariff increase on US recyclables
The Chinese government will not implement a planned tariff increase on OCC and other recovered fiber imported from the U.S.,...
Report: E-scrap flows to Thailand despite ban
The scrap electronics processing industry is active and growing in Thailand, according to a New York Times feature, despite the...
Signals point to all-out recycled fiber ban in China
Recent actions by the Chinese government indicate the country will likely ban imports of OCC and almost all other fiber...
Global threads
This article originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. The...
Data Sort: Export vs. domestic processing for post-consumer plastic
The graph below shows the downstream trends for four major plastic resins collected for recycling in the U.S. and Canada...
Factors at play
This article originally appeared in the October 2019 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. ...
Data Corner: Export vs. domestic processing for post-consumer plastic
The graph below shows the downstream trends for four major plastic resins collected for recycling in the U.S. and Canada...
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