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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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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. … Continued
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 … Continued
Faced with High Contamination Costs, More Cities are Inspecting Recycling Carts
With recycling contamination on the rise, more cities are making the choice to dig into bins and tell residents what they’re doing wrong. Facing an estimated $5-6 million in annual … Continued