BAN puts industry on notice over e-plastics
Exports watchdog Basel Action Network is barking. The group says U.S. e-scrap companies are illegally exporting e-plastics to Malaysia, and...
Trade & Tariffs
Virginia recycled pulp plant begins buying bales
A mixed paper and OCC pulping operation is nearing completion on the Eastern Seaboard and plans to start producing unbleached...
One processor’s take on Canada’s export rules
One of Canada's largest electronics recycling companies, eCycle Solutions, says Canadian leaders' plan to restrict e-scrap exports will complicate shipments...
Data Corner: US fiber, plastic exports decrease
This article appeared in the September 2023 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Exports...
Startup finds renting devices in Africa is good business
Oladosu Teyibo built a software development and recruiting company that operated in eight countries, five of them in Africa. From...
US plastic bale exports decrease
Exports of recovered plastics fell during the first six months of 2023, newly released federal trade statistics show.
US fiber, plastic exports decrease
Exports of both recovered fiber and plastics fell during the first six months of 2023, newly released federal trade statistics...
EU group says PCR mandates are driving imports
Could minimum recycled content mandates for PET bottles simply drive an increase in RPET imports? A recycling industry group in...
US scrap plastic exports fall
U.S. companies exported 10% less scrap plastic during the first quarter of 2023 than they did a year earlier, and...
US scrap paper and plastic exports fall
U.S. companies exported 8% less recovered fiber and 10% less scrap plastic during the first quarter of 2023 than they...
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