With one week in India already under their belts, ReMA President Robin Wiener, ReMA Chair Colin Kelly, ReMA Chair-Elect Andy Golding, and Adam Shaffer, ReMA’s Vice President of International Trade and Global Affairs were more than ready to head to the International Material Recycling Conference (IMRC) in Jaipur. Over the last decade, the Material Recycling…
ReMA President Robin Wiener, ReMA Chair Colin Kelly, ReMA Chair-Elect Andy Golding, and Adam Shaffer ReMA’s Vice President of International Trade and Global Affairs have had a busy week in India. The group had the chance to travel to India the week before the International Material Recycling Conference and Exposition in Jaipur (IMRC2026) to build…
From Tuesday, November 4 to Wednesday, November 5, Erin McCoy, ReMA’s International Trade Policy Analyst, attended the OECD Steel Committee Meetings in Paris, France, where delegates discussed global steel market conditions and the economic and policy factors shaping the sector. “This meeting brought together 249 delegates from 43 delegations to tackle the issue of excess…
On Friday, September 26, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of imports of robotics and industrial machinery, including their parts and components. The investigation defines “robotics and industrial machinery” as: Under the Section 232 statute,…
On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule creating a formal process to include additional derivative aluminum and steel products within the scope of the Section 232 national security tariffs. This rule also eliminates the prior product exclusions process and country-level exemptions that…
From June 18 to 20, ReMA President Robin Wiener traveled to Bangkok, Thailand for the 2025 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Recycling Metals International Conference, organized by the Chinese Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA). “The ASEAN market is an important growth region for our industry, and I had two opportunities during the conference to…
ReMA leaders attended the Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR) World Recycling Convention and Exposition in Copenhagen, Denmark in May. ReMA Chair Colin Kelly, Chair-Elect Andy Golding, President Robin Wiener, Senior Vice President Advocacy, Sustainability and Safety Cheryl Coleman and AVP International Trade and Global Affairs Adam Shaffer represented ReMA at the international convention. The semi-annual…
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a new notice in the Federal Register that extends selected product exclusions from the China Section 301 tariffs for one additional year. This announcement includes the extension of the exclusion on shredder wear parts through May 31, 2025, which is great news for ReMA members that…
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is expected to release a notice in the Federal Register this week that lays out the full schedule for the implementation of modifications to the actions taken against China in Section 301 of the Trade Act. The Biden administration has not yet announced how it intends to…
ISRI leaders recently traveled to India to represent the U.S. recycled materials industry at the International Material Recycling Conference (IMRC) in Kolkata, hosted by the Materials Recycling Association of India (MRAI), as well as a week of pre-event meetings with the government of India in New Delhi. MRAI is ISRI’s counterpart in India and a…
Economic projections and forecasts for 2024 are somewhat optimistic, a possible bright light for recyclers. Domestically, job growth is expected to continue, the Fed is expected to cut rates, but the manufacturing sector may still remain soft. Internationally, trade restrictions and geo-political risk put the global economy in a precarious situation. Domestic For the year,…
By Abby Blocker, Kristen Hildreth, Billy Johnson, Adam Schaffer and Justin Short Across the globe, 2023 was a whirlwind year for the recycled materials industry with major legislation, regulatory action and international agreements impacting all commodities. From extended producer responsibility and recycled content mandates to bans on per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in packaging and…