ISRI contributes to US complaint over China solid waste import ban
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has written to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) about its concerns regarding...
China issues 700k of recycled paper quota. Is it the last one ever?
A further 705,850 tonnes of recycled paper quota has been issued by the Chinese Government.
This takes the total...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 September 2020
It was a steady recycling market this week with nothing truly dramatic happening for those trading recyclable materials.
There...
SUEZ begins negotiations to sell recycling operations in four European countries to PreZero
Negotiations have started on the sale of SUEZ's recycling and recovery operations in four European countries to PreZero.
PreZero...
Stora Enso plans to shut down newsprint machine and deinking plant in Sweden
Paper maker Stora Enso has announced its intention to close its PM3 newsprint machine at its Hylte Mill in Sweden by the...
Thailand might postpone recycled plastic ban on imports due to industrial shortage
A ban on imports of plastics for recycling in Thailand might have to be postponed as its industrial sector does not have...
OECD says most recycled plastic exports to member countries can stay as green list
Member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) can now keep most categories of recycled plastic exports as green...
Indonesian Embassy sets out new application process for export of recyclate from UK and...
The Indonesian Embassy in London has set out the measures that exporters of recycled materials must undertake to send it from the...
BIR warns that China has tightened rules on importing recycled plastic pellets
Exporting recycled plastic pellets to China has become tougher, according to the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR).
In a...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 11 September 2020
Yet again it is the PRN/PERN and recycling fraud that has come up in conversations this week.
After publication...