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Without China, US Companies Stress Quality For Industry Survival
China’s import bans have led to market turmoil both domestically and abroad; though, China shows...
Top takeaways from recent talk on China’s import bans
As China pushes forward with the proposed waste and scrap material import bans, recycling industry...
Strengthening the US Recycling Industry
US scrap recycling has been an integral link in the domestic and global manufacturing...
The Case Against China’s Escalating Import Bans
While the original bans laid out in China’s notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on...
What’s in store for the global recycling economy in the wake of China’s bans?
China is the largest importer of waste. In 2016, they accepted 7.3 million metric tons worth about...
Chinese Factories Closed For Code Violations May Never Reopen
Chinese factories shutdown around October 1st in observance of The National Golden Week, a holiday...
Hurricane Irma Disrupts Pulp And Paper Production
This year’s hurricane season has surpassed a number of natural disaster records, including...
China Speaks Up About U.S. Waste Exports
Every year, the U.S. capitalizes on the $5 billion recycling business created through their...
China Offers More Clues Regarding Import Bans
Since China’s initial notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on July 18th of this...
China officially bans mixed paper imports
Just recently, China announced additional regulations that officially prohibit the import of all...
Is zero waste financially viable for US companies?
Countries around the globe are adopting zero waste to landfill policies to help combat greenhouse...
China’s material bans affect some materials more than others
China makes rumors official, notifies WTO of solid waste imports ban In the latter half of July,...
Lost opportunity: 91 percent total plastic produced has gone unrecycled
We need to talk about the one billion elephants in the room – the mass equivalent to the 8.3...
China Bans 24 Types of Recovered Commodities
The Chinese State Council has recently begun circulating their plans to ban 24 types of solid...
Advanced robotics will revolutionize MRF operations
In as few as 5 to 6 short years, sophisticated robotic technology could provoke a major paradigm...
Overcoming the Business Challenges of Single Stream Recycling
Why did municipalities throw sorting to the curb? 80 percent of California jurisdictions offer...
National Sword the precursor to outright material bans?
Actions recently taken by National Sword-wielding Chinese agencies are beginning to resemble the...
Plastic Bale Audits Benefit Buyers and Suppliers
Emerging data-collecting technology and analytic tools are creating operation efficiencies across...
Shipping Industry Shakeup: Higher Cargo Rates for Suppliers?
For years, the shipping industry has been facing a crisis of overcapacity. Too much space and too...
Recycled cardboard prices reach record-breaking highs
US old corrugated container (OCC) or recycled cardboard prices have continued to climb for eight...
Top 5 Health and Safety Risks Faced by Recycling Workers
Recycling workers, especially sorters, play a crucial role in the quality of feedstock, ultimately...
Bans on Foam Disposal: Does it Help or Hurt Businesses?
Vancouver metropolitan area authorities are considering adding expanded polystyrene (EPS), a...
Will Disruptions in China’s Scrap Paper Market Impact US Exports?
Though the Cheng Loong Corporation, the largest recycled containerboard producer in Taiwan, is...
National Sword Continues to Disrupt US Exports to China
China’s 2017 crackdown on scrap imports, known as the National Sword, threatens US exports and...
California’s Bottle Bill Fails to Support Recycling Operators
Advocating for the fight against climate change is noble and necessary, but big picture issues...
How Trash is Recycled with Reading Rainbow
Here at Berg Mill, we know all about materials recycling. So much so that we sometimes take the...
Infinitely recyclable: the upside of glass recycling
While municipalities and MRFs are struggling to contend with the challenges of recycling glass in...
California HDPE plastic manufacturer profits through recycling
There’s a ton of plastic floating in our oceans. In fact, about 8 million metric tons of plastic...
The Auctioning of Plastic Scrap in Hong Kong
Sea containers loaded with plastic scrap from all over the world are not able to enter the...
Material Recovery Facilities are Being Affected by the Annual Cost of Glass
The high annual cost of glass recycling is having an impact on material recovery facilities. There...