Stunning drop in tonnages of scrap plastics allowed into China
Chinese officials have announced the first batch of plastic scrap import permits for 2018, and the volumes laid out in...
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Exporter response to China: ‘We are changing our whole strategy’
A representative from a European firm that has felt the direct impacts of China’s import restrictions on recovered plastic recently...
Exporter response to China: ‘We are changing our whole strategy’
A representative from a European firm that has felt the direct impacts of China’s import restrictions on recovered plastic recently...
Fiber sector closes a tough year and braces for more
The global recovered paper market experienced “a quite challenging year” in 2017, according to an expert at paper industry research...
Groups ask China to put policies on pause
Multiple industry associations have renewed calls for China to reconsider its import restrictions in the weeks leading up to the...
ISRI: China ‘not prepared’ to enact ban as deadline draws near
China is unprepared to effectively roll out and enforce its planned Jan. 1 ban on imports of certain recyclables, according...
Virgin plastics could fill China’s demand gap
There is growing chatter that China’s ban on imports of many recovered plastics will grow the country’s demand for virgin...
ISRI: China ‘not prepared’ to enact ban as deadline draws near
China is unprepared to effectively roll out and enforce its planned Jan. 1 ban on imports of certain recyclables, according...
China envisions years of ‘National Swords’
Chinese officials have reiterated that some post-consumer plastics will be banned from import by the end of the month, and...
China’s slightly laxed limit does little for paper
China officially announced last month that most inbound loads of recyclables will be allowed no more than 0.5 percent contamination,...
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