by jondabach | Jan 23, 2018 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Earlier this month, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) set the contamination threshold for most waste imports at 0.5 percent, a limit tantamount to an outright ban that jeopardizes the entire $5.2 billion recycling trade between the US and China. At...
by jondabach | Jan 4, 2018 | Market Conditions, Recycling
Though China has filed two statements with the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding intended bans and contamination restrictions, their agenda remains murky, leaving many recycling industry insiders to question the country’s preparedness to implement such...
by jondabach | Dec 19, 2017 | News Brief, Recycling
With the New Year just around the corner, businesses across all sectors, including the recycling industry, should be aware of the changes in California’s labor laws slated for 2018. Here are the new employment laws California companies can expect in 2018: ...
by jondabach | Dec 12, 2017 | Recycling
On the whole, the proposed tax reforms are a win for the scrap industry. Though the recent proposals for tax reform have met with controversy and harsh criticism, corporations and pass-through businesses stand to gain quite a bit from the changes. In...
by jondabach | Dec 5, 2017 | Recycling
What is the Amazon effect? E-commerce’s ongoing disruption of the traditional brick-and-mortar retail market is known as the Amazon effect. As online shopping becomes the norm, many physical stores have closed their doors, unable to compete with the convenience...
