by jondabach | Feb 11, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
For decades, China has been accepting nearly 40% of U.S. recycled goods to use as scrap material for their own products but within the last decade they have decided to make a shift to using their own recycled goods. China’s economy is now the second-largest in the...
by jondabach | Feb 4, 2019 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), an initiative made up of 28 companies, announced on January 16 its aim to help end plastic waste through infrastructure, innovation, education, and cleanup programs. While the efforts to clean up the oceans and reduce plastic...
by jondabach | Dec 17, 2018 | Market Conditions, Market Prices
Changes in China’s handling of paper waste imports are posing environmental hazards to India, Indian officials claim. According to Sanjay Singh, Divisional Chief Executive of Paperboards and Specialty Papers for ITC Ltd., China’s regulations limiting imports of waste...
by jondabach | Dec 5, 2018 | Market Conditions, Market Prices
In light of China’s wavering economy, buyers of recovered paper (RCP) imports from the U.S. and Europe are pushing for lower prices. Despite the fact that RCP shipments are set to land in China this January, China’s buyers don’t yet have 2019 import permits that would...
by jondabach | Nov 26, 2018 | Market Prices, Recycling
China’s stricter recycling import laws is not new news. Yet the changes China has implemented is forcing countries near and far to revisit their own recycling practices. Back in the 1980s, curbside recycling grew in popularity, giving homeowners everywhere a way to...
by jondabach | Nov 5, 2018 | Market Conditions, Market Prices, Recycling
This week, Berg Mill provides market updates regarding Malaysia’s new plastic import requirements, as well as talks of India’s developing domestic recycling plan. Plastic import changes in Malaysia Malaysia is following in the footsteps of China, which has largely...
