Asia

Taiwan becomes the latest Asian country to restrict recyclables imports, and China confirms post-industrial plastic will be banned from import...

Scientists in Singapore have found another potential use for post-consumer PET bottles: aerogels. The National University of Singapore researchers processed...

Even as exporters move off of China as a destination for certain recyclables, the country remains a crucial market. And...

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

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....

Global brand companies are among those that signed a commitment to publicly report their progress toward ensuring plastic products are...

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,...