Trade & Tariffs

China’s import policy changes are straining recovered plastics export markets, particularly impacting mixed rigids. Recycling companies have been forced to...

China’s import policy changes are forcing U.S. recycling companies to seek adjustments to municipal contracts, stockpile materials and even landfill...

For Sonoco Recycling, which collects, sorts, and sells recycled materials, China's imports restrictions have particularly stung in one area: mixed-paper...

Joe Pickard speaks at the Resource Recycling Conference. Ferrous and non-ferrous metals recovered from electronics and other sources have been...

It’s no secret that China is a leader in international world trade. For years, the country has been a major...

One report indicates that buyers in China are desperately seeking domestic sources of recovered paper. Meanwhile, low-value plastics are flooding...

John Lingelbach The Basel Action Network (BAN) has issued a second report presenting information derived from its GPS tracking activities....

Seven e-scrap entities have been accused of questionable downstream practices by the Basel Action Network, after tracking devices showed they...

A common complaint about China's restriction on scrap materials imports is the lack of solid information about what exactly the...

Hong Kong courts convicted seven importers of illegally bringing in e-scrap from several countries. The U.S. was on the list...