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Increasingly, local and state governments decide matters that directly impact recycling, giving local recyclers even more opportunity to have an immediate, concrete impact on final decisions.   Why this matters: Advocacy can’t be left to others; it takes the voices of people who work in the scrap recycling industry every day to make certain that...

ISRI Actively Works to Mitigate Chinese Scrap Ban From the moment rumors began circulating in May that China was considering banning certain scrap imports and severely restricting others, ReMA worked aggressively to activate the U.S. Government and other entities around the world about the serious challenges the proposed measures would create for the recycling industry....

Specialized industry advocacy training continued to assist members in becoming become effective industry advocates. ISRI, in partnership with the Congressional Management Foundation, developed a set of tools as part of this training.  

ISRI worked hard to secure provisions in the comprehensive tax reform package that was passed in late 2017. Benefits for the recycling industry include:  Offering a 100 percent expensing provision for businesses to immediately write off the full cost of new equipment; Lowering the corporate tax rate to 21 percent beginning on January 1, 2018;...

With the U.S. Mint resuming the Mutilated Coin Redemption Program on January 19, 2018 after a nearly three-year suspension, ReMA achieved a victory for a top priority issue in 2017, worth millions of dollars to recyclers. ReMA worked closely with the U.S. Mint, the Department of the Treasury, and members of Congress over the last several years...