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A Crisis Years in the Making

By Duncan Watson, Assistant Public Works Director, City of Keene, NH, President, Board of Trustees, Northeast Resource Recovery Association & Member SWEEP Steering Committee Trade ...

Look on the bright side: Chinese recycling import ban is very good news for our oceans

By Adam Gendell, Associate Director Sustainable Packaging Coalition, GreenBlue & SWEEP Steering Committee Member “China Fallout Continues” reads a newsletter subject line that just popped in my ...

China’s Import Ban is a “Sputnik” Moment for Global Recycling

By Rob Watson, Principal, Upland Road LLC. Founder & President SWEEP Standard China’s announcement on Tuesday July 18th that it was banning the import of ...

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