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NRC 2018 2nd Quarter Market Report: Chinese Restrictions on Scrap Import
On June 28, 2018, Robin Wiener was the presenter for the NRC Market Development Quarterly Webinar series, She provided an update on the various initiatives implemented by the Chinese Government and their implication for our domestic recycling markets. You can find a recording of this webinar and other archived NRC/PRMC webinars on the NRC website: … Continued
NRC 2018 1st Quarter Market Report: Chinese Restrictions on Scrap Import
Q&A: Closed Loop Partners CFO talks China and extracting value from the supply chain – October 2017
What sorts of things should the industry be looking at now, to prepare for the next five or six years? KANE: I would pay a lot of attention to cities that are trying to recover value from organics and get that out of the waste stream. That will radically change the incentives and the levers at … Continued
Surprise OCC price drop seen as latest sign China is serious about new trade policy – October 2017
Biderman, like many of his industry association colleagues, has also called for MRF operators to take extra care with the quality of their bales while working to educate Chinese officials about realistic expectations on contamination specifications. Amid all of this discussion there have been some concerns about material potentially getting sent to landfills or waste-to-energy … Continued
Is Resilience the Silver Lining to the Chinese Waste Ban? RRS – October 2017
For too long, the U.S. has overlooked supporting and developing its own domestic end markets for recovered materials. It has relied on easy access to foreign markets with a seemingly endless appetite for materials and underdeveloped quality and oversight standards. The U.S. recycling marketplace had taken advantage of these conditions, pushing quantity over quality and … Continued
Pushing Back on the Green Fence – October 2017
The Green Fence launched by the Chinese government in 2013, was an initiative designed to ensure that bales of imported recyclables, including paper and plastics, contained those recyclables and no garbage or other materials. This summer, the Chinese government has addressed the issues more seriously with a new policy called National Sword.
Closed Loop Fund Impact Results Demonstrate Economic Benefits of Recycling for Municipalities
Closed Loop Fund (CLF) has released the results of its latest impact report, which highlights recent successes such as the diversion of 100,000 tons of materials from landfill, a 230,000 metric ton reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the creation of more than $530,000 in economic benefits to municipalities. Full article here.
Most Common Excuses People Use to Avoid Recycling
The Environmental Protection Agency has encouraged people in the U.S. to recycle for decades. But, there are still some people who have failed to jump on board with this movement. Full article here.
From Garbage to Gardens: Composting Gains Steam
Americans composted nearly two million tons of food, and food-composting collection programs reached more than 2.8 million households in 2014, according to a November 2016 EPA report. However, the agency estimates that Americans produced more than 38 million tons of food waste in 2014. Full article here.