Trade & Tariffs

Governments across Southeast Asia continue to restrict recovered material imports. In the latest developments, Taiwan added plastic and paper restrictions, Vietnam...

A Canadian e-scrap operator has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Basel Action Network (BAN) after the Seattle-based watchdog group...

Southeast Asian countries continue to place restrictions on scrap plastic imports, affecting movement from U.S. ports. The U.S. Census Bureau...

China has ramped up its purchases of U.S. OCC in recent months, according to the latest trade data. Meanwhile, Southeast...

Malaysia has laid out new criteria for scrap shipments as the country plans for a reduction in imports over time....

Federal regulators are considering a proposal to ban exports of unprocessed e-scrap and require stringent tracking procedures for exports that...

Malaysian authorities plan to ban scrap plastic imports in three years. In the meantime, they'll subject incoming shipments to a...

Another major importer of recyclables in Asia is drafting policy to reshape its relationship to materials recovery. But this time,...

Another major importer of recyclables in Asia is drafting policy to reshape its relationship to materials recovery. But this time,...

Although Chinese scrap plastic import permits remain scarce, the government has ramped up the volume of recycled paper it is...