Asia

The South Korean government recently announced its plans to restrict scrap PET bottle imports, although some specifics of the policy...

A large buyer of U.S. scrap paper and plastic is planning measures to reduce imports and increase domestic recycling of...

One major U.S. mill operator is actively shipping recycled paper pulp to China, and another is installing equipment to bring...

The Chinese government will consider exempting tariffs on OCC and other recovered fiber on a company-by-company basis. Meanwhile, a tariff...

This article appeared in the January 2020 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Materials recovery facilities,...

Scrap plastic exports from the U.S. continued a steady decrease that has unfolded over the past few years, dropping in...

China recently issued its third round of recovered fiber import permits for 2020, and the volume being allowed in this...

In 2019, recovered fiber exports from the United States experienced their largest year-over-year decline on record. U.S. scrap plastic exports...

China bought less of the world's recycled fiber in 2019, the second year in a row of major decreases in...

After shaking up the U.S. recycling sector with an import ban on post-consumer plastics, the Chinese government is taking aim...