New draft of Chinese waste law retains clause on “gradually reducing” imports
China's proposed revised solid waste law still contains a plan to gradually reduce to zero imports of solid waste, following the latest...
China abandons 2020 deadline to ban solid waste imports
Plans to ban solid waste imports by the end of 2020 appear to have been abandoned by the Chinese Government.
China imposes 25% tariff on recycled materials from United States
A 25% tariff will be placed on exports of waste paper and scrap metal from the United States and Canada into China.
From 23 August,...
Secondary markets commentary- 16 February 2018
FROM 16TH FEBRUARY 2018 INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
It was a rather sluggish market this week with not a huge amount of movement in price, or indeed...
Recycling Market Commentary and Prices: 25 May 2018
This week saw some upwards movement in the price of certain recyclable plastics grades, and a slight cooling of OCC.
PET, HDPE and LDPE all...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 January 2020
The new year brought a little bit more optimism for the paper recycling traders while plastic bottles saw a rise on the...
China’s waste paper imports fall by 53%
Despite an 11.5 per cent increase in general imports over the last six months, the amount of recovered material imported by China has seen...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 1 February 2019
Recovered fibre was the material that changed most dramatically this week with price falls seen across most grades.
With...
Indonesia imposes 100% inspections on recycled paper imports – and other recyclables too?
A 100% inspection regime has been placed on containers shipping recycled paper into Indonesia.
The rules were implemented on 1 April, but have only come...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 November 2019
Cardboard and mixed paper remain in a very, very difficult place at the moment.
Although the price of OCC...
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