Trade & Tariffs

Canada has banned a wide range of single-use plastics, effective by the end of the year for most items, and...

European recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.

Basel Convention changes approved this week may drastically reduce – or at least complicate – U.S. exports of non-hazardous e-scrap.

European recyclers are struggling to get enough material, even as exports of plastics decline and values rise.

U.S. exports of recovered fiber held relatively steady during the first quarter of 2022, but scrap plastic shipments plunged by...

Processors and resellers have seen pricing for their offerings fall significantly in recent months as supply chain issues and other...

The U.S. continues to export less and less scrap plastic overseas, the latest trade figures show.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released trade data for the fourth quarter of 2021, allowing Resource Recycling to calculate full-year...

More than two dozen researchers and e-scrap experts from nine countries are calling for a global extended producer responsibility system...

A longtime exports policy observer says an e-scrap exports prohibition currently under consideration in Congress protects OEM profits by squeezing...