China’s new import quotas on copper scrap will further limit export opportunities for US recyclers. Continuing its efforts to protect its environment by keeping foreign rubbish out, China restricted imports of eight additional types of scrap metal, including high-grade copper, as of July 1. Importers must prove that they can…
Kansas Scrap Metal Database Nearer
UPDATED: Kansas scrap yards could have to report purchases to a new state database within a year from now. Recently enacted House Bill No. 2248 requires the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to create a database by July 1, 2020. Kansas scrap metal dealers will have to report to the state…
China’s Plastic Imports Shrink
China is projected to import less than 1 percent of the scrap plastic that it did in the first quarter a year ago. In issuing its first round of import permits for 2018, China established a total limit of 9,335 tons of scrap plastic, which was 99 percent less than…