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National Organizations Submit Comments to WTO Regarding National Sword

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Wed, 12/20/2017 - 00:00

As Waste Dive reported last month, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) proposed adopting new contamination standards on Dec. 31, 2017 with an "entry into force" on March 1, 2018. The comment period for this filing ended Dec. 15, 2017.

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How Long Do Recycling Campaign Effects Last?

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Tue, 12/12/2017 - 00:00

From the Recycling Partnership December 12, 2017 Newsletter:

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Response from the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) to its members regarding the China Trade Restrictions of Secondary Materials prepared for Recycling

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Thu, 11/30/2017 - 00:00

On July 18, 2017, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intent to ban the import of certain scrap materials by year end.

On September 13, 2017: draft revised "GB 16487" Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imported Solid Wastes as Raw Materials, with further restrictions on allowable prohibitives.

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DEQ statement on emerging recycling changes

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Sat, 11/25/2017 - 00:00

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is following the proposed China ban of post-consumer plastics and unsorted paper closely and is engaged in ongoing conversations with local governments, collectors, processors and industry representatives. Given the major market disruption this is causing, DEQ and its partners are preparing for different possibilities and developing strategies to maintain recycling collection and processing where possible as we update those systems to recycle more effectively in the future.

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Contribute to the Evolution of Municipal Measurement

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Tue, 11/21/2017 - 00:00

Are you a municipal representative?

Do you want to help design a new data management, program assessment, and public outreach service that will be available free-of-charge to municipal solid waste and recycling program managers in 2018?

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California sends first-in-the-world Carpet Stewardship Bill to Governor

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Mon, 09/18/2017 - 00:00

Press Release Issued 9/15/2017 by the National Stewardship Action Council. For more information, contact NSAC's Executive Director Heidi Sanborn.

Environmentalists, Local Governments, Waste Haulers, Unions, Carpet Industry Representatives Applaud Legislature, Urge Governor Brown’s Support

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Nation Sword In the News: SWANA submits comments; CNN Money Reports on Economic Imports

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Tue, 09/12/2017 - 00:00

Recycling Today reports on SWANA's comments to the WTO regarding China's ban on certain scrap imports. Click here to read SWANA commentary.

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Experts offer look at evolving world of recycling data

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Tue, 09/12/2017 - 00:00

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Battle Moves for Dealing with the National Sword

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Wed, 08/30/2017 - 00:00

Resource Recycling reported last month that China will be banning imports of recovered mixed paper, as well as recycled PET, PE, PVC, and PS, textiles and vanadium slag - woudl be baneed from import into the country later this year.