Early Sept. 15 after more than 20 hours of constant negotiations, the White House announced U.S. railroads and rail unions have reached tentative agreements to avoid a strike and a network shutdown ahead of a Sept. 16 deadline. Later in the day, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC), which represents the nation’s freight railroads, announced…
On March 23, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced its determination to reinstate certain previously granted and extended product exclusions in the China Section 301 Investigation. The determination reinstates the tariff exclusion on shredder wear parts, retroactive to Oct. 12, 2021, and extends the exclusion through Dec. 31, 2022. Shredder wear…
On July 16, ISRI’s Board of Directors approved a change to the association’s Position on Product Stewardship. The board last updated the policy in February 2020. The latest change was prompted by legislative proposals in several states focused specifically on the residential recycling stream, including the recent passage of the first state-level extended producer responsibility…