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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.26.24

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A California appellate panel has handed environmental and community groups a legal victory in their decades-long dispute with the Port of Los Angeles over its failure to enforce air pollution controls at China Shipping's...more

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German Cabinet to ban single-use plastic products

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 14 (July 23, 2020)  - Germany announced June 24 that it would be issuing a law banning single-use plastic products, effective July 2021, to bring the country in line with a similar...more

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China Promulgates Amendment to Its Solid Waste Law

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On April 29, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) approved an amendment to the country’s solid waste statute. The revised solid waste law will take effect on September 1, 2020. The amendment...more

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Plastic Planet

Plastic is a remarkable material that has forever changed our societal expectations regarding the quality of our food, water, health care, safety and products that improve our lives every day. But all good things remain good...more

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Employers Should be Prepared to Deal with Coronavirus

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With the worldwide cases of coronavirus tripling in the past week, and the eleventh case confirmed in the United States, U.S. employers are examining what necessary precautions should be taken to control and prevent the...more

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China’s 'Queen of Trash' invests in US

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) - Following China’s import ban on waste that doesn’t meet strict contamination requirements, paper and waste recycling businesses across the globe felt a shock....more

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Recyclables – Changing Markets: National Waste and Recycling Association Issue Brief

The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) issued a February 2019 Issue Brief titled: Recyclables: Changing Markets (“Issue Brief”) - A key focus of the Issue Brief is the impact of China’s establishment of a...more

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Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imports of Solid Waste as Raw Materials: China Issues December 21st...

The Chinese government issued a document on December 21st titled: Notice on Adjusting the Catalogue of Imported Waste Management (“Notice”) - The Notice addresses standards previously issued that are denominated the: ...more

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U.S. Recycling Industry Drivers, Outlook, and Resiliency: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' Presentation/Metropolitan...

Mr. Bernie Lee of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) undertook a presentation on recycling markets at a December 6th Recycling Committee meeting at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in...more

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Scrap Import Ban: Chinese Government Confirmation for 2019

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) noted in a November 21st news release that a Chinese Government news publication (“Xinhua”) posted an article regarding China’s intent to implement “the next phase import...more

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National Trade Estimate/Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Comments

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted comments on the National Trade Estimate (“NTE”) to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. See Docket No. USTR-2018-0029. ISRI describes its trade...more

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Proposed Revisions to China Solid Waste Law: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Comments

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) submitted August 17th comments on China’s proposed revisions to its solid waste law (“Law”). The country is proposing to revise its Law for the stated purpose of...more

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Joint Advisory on Designing Contracts for Processing of Municipal Recyclables: SWANA/National Waste & Recycling Association August...

The Solid Waste Association of North America and National Waste & Recycling Association (collectively “SWANA”) announced an amendment/update to the document they drafted in 2015 titled: Joint Advisory on Designing...more

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Top Environmental Authority in China Proposes Amendment to the Solid Waste Law

On July 11, 2018, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (“MEE”) released a draft proposal to amend the country’s solid waste statute. Among other changes, the draft proposed to restrict solid waste releases from...more

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Chinese Waste Import Restrictions/Impacts on State and Local Recycling Programs: June 12th Solid Waste Association of North...

The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) issued what it describes as an “update” on the topic of: China Waste Import Restrictions and Impacts on State and Local Recycling Programs (“Update”) ...more

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Green Wall of China Disrupts Waste Trade, Spurs Waste Policy Reform

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On January 16, 2018, the European Commission unveiled the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (the “Strategy”). The Strategy responds to a redirection in global waste trade and management spurred by China’s...more

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Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imports of Solid Wastes as Raw Materials: China Issues Final Standards

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) announced that China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection issued final scrap import standards. The standards are denominated the Environmental Protection Control...more

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China Waste Import Restrictions: December 15th Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Comments

The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) submitted December 15th comments addressing China’s restrictions on waste imports....more

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