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The House of Representatives and U.S. Senate each passed their versions of tax reform in the last couple of weeks.  ·         Depreciation or expensing for capital would be enlarged to 100% in the first year. The provision would sunset (expire) in five (5) years. Currently, qualified recycling equipment may be expensed at 50% in the first year....

But can the same also be true that when China changes a paradigm the rest of the world could stand up and listen? We might have that opportunity now.   In November, ReMA attended the China Nonferrous Metals Association (CMRA) annual convention.   ·         The event took place under the gloom of China’s evolving regulatory...

  The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide support to environmental justice (EJ) communities and projects.   The bill provides credits to nonprofit (501(c)(3) organizations against taxes imposed on wages paid to employees for providing assistance to EJ communities or projects.   Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced an environmental justice bill...

  A partial snapshot of on-going federal research and thinking on this topic was provided at a workshop of U.S. EPA’s, National Homeland Security Research Center.   Federal research on such damaged vehicles matters because recycling as many and as much of these vehicles as possible is a high priority, as it can address a...

Recently, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke introduced an ordinance in October aimed at curbing the emerging trend of so-called “no-cash” policies at local retail and restaurant businesses.  Restricting the ability to buy goods with cash is bad for business, according to proponents of the ordinance (O2017-7145), who claim that… …while such policies allow businesses to “lessen...