Chinese Government Issues Bulletin on Scrap Shipments

New policies went into effect March 1, 2008.

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries and the Bureau of International Recycling, are alerting the members of their respective associations that the Chinese government recently released a new bulleting that establishes a new criteria for what materials are prohibited from being shipped to China.

At the same time ISRI notes that it is seeking further clarification on what is meant by the designation "restricted," as well as the implications of a material being labeled restricted. Also, ISRI is requesting that the U.S. government request the Chinese government delay enforcement of the new restrictions to give exporters who shipped material before the new policies came into effect, to clear the material from Chinese ports.

he company growing to not only be a top electronic scrap recycler, but also a refurbishing The BIR writes that from its perspective, the main issues would be commingled paper including unsorted waste and scrap and used plastic bag and film that are on the banned list.

In a posting on its Web site, ISRI linked to a number of references that further note the status of different materials

Bulletin No. 11, "Bulletin Regarding the Promulgation of List of Solid Waste Materials Prohibited from Importation, List of Import Restricted Type Solid Waste Materials That May Be Used as Raw Materials, and List of Automatic Import Permission Type Solid Waste Materials That May Be Used as Raw Materials"

Attachment 1, List of Solid Waste Materials Prohibited from Importation

Attachment 2, List of Import Restricted Type Solid Waste Materials That May Be Used as Raw Materials

Attachment 3, List of Automatic Import Permission Type Solid Waste Materials That May Be Used as Raw Materials

Bulletin No. 18, Notice Regarding Promulgation of List of Organizations That Evaluate the Properties of Solid Waste Materials and Evaluation Procedures