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No, it has nothing to do with how much turkey and fixins’ were consumed over the recent holiday, but driving in the western parts of Pennsylvania did just get more sensitive to the scale. The new ordinance (DOC101117-10112017095830.pdf) limits the weight of vehicles driving on certain township roads to a 10-ton maximum. The ordinance cited...

Additional Details: Yesterday, the Government of China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intent to adopt Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imported Solid Wastes as Raw Materials (GB 16487.2-13), the standards that set the allowable contaminants thresholds for scrap imports. A previous set of draft standards had been published in August (though not notified...

(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors approved an amendment to ISRI’s scrap specifications that will reclassify “clean, dry double-polycoat food packages” at its Fall Meeting on November 8. The change was made to better reflect how Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) characterize inbound paper products in the recycling stream....

(Washington, DC) – In response to China’s notification to the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intent to adopt Environmental Protection Control Standards for Imported Solid Wastes as Raw Materials (GB 16487.2-13), the standards that set the allowable contaminants thresholds for scrap imports, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) released the following statement: “China’s...

(Washington, DC) – The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Board of Directors approved new specifications for Rigid Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Plastic Recyclables at its Fall Meeting on November 8. The new PVC Specifications are intended to encompass more of the plastics recyclables that are actively trading in the scrap plastics marketplace. Prior to...