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 Authority, First Solar, Net Your Problem, PakTech, Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, Think Zero LLC, Tyler Pipe & Coupling, and Zonker Recycling.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403f42">
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<b>Monday, November 16th EPA </b>will host the second annual <b>America Recycles: Innovation Fair</b> to showcase recent advances in recycling technology, product development, and materials usage. Exhibitors will display new recyclable products, goods made
 from recycled content, innovative education and communication methods, materials that promote more effective recycling, recycling and manufacturing research, and new technologies that are advancing recycling today and into the future.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403f42">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are planning any events or education campaigns related to America Recycles 2020, please
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">EPA is hosting webinars explaining the new international requirements that will soon apply to exports and imports of most plastic scrap and that will significantly
 impact the market for U.S. plastic recyclables. Starting January 1, 2021, international shipments of most plastic scrap will be restricted under a treaty called the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
 Exports of plastic scrap will only be allowed with the prior written consent of the importing country and any transit countries. The new Basel provisions will significantly limit the market for U.S. plastic recyclables because countries that have ratified
 the Convention (i.e., Parties) are prohibited from trading Basel-covered wastes with non-Parties like the United States, absent a separate bilateral or multilateral agreement that meets certain Basel criteria. Two EPA webinars will be tailored to the specific
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register for the EPA webinar on
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<span style="color:#0563c1">state and local governments</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to learn about the new requirements and factors to consider in planning for the impacts to recycling programs.
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