Metro Vancouver Styrofoam Ban coming July 1, 2018
In July 2018, Metro Vancouver is banning Styrofoam or EPS (Expanded Polystyrene Packaging) from local landfills. Styrofoam will be on the long list of materials banned from landfill. Garbage loads with over 20% EPS will be subject to a 100% surcharge on the tipping fee.Read More
National Sword Update # 3
National Sword initiatives continue to impact Chinese markets and mills. To remind the reader, one of the outcomes of the 2017 National Sword initiative is that Mixed Waste Paper Mixed (MWP) was banned from importation into China – it is one of the twenty-four grades of recyclables no longer allowed to be imported. In addition to the ban of MWP, the remaining material grades that can be imported into China must meet a new stringent quality standard of 0.5% contaminants or less.Read More
Update # 2 on “National Sword”
To date the impact of the National Sword initiative has been very intense on all parts of Urban Impact’s operations. Example of the specific impacts include:Read More
Changes in China's market for recyclables - Update 1
Urban Impact participated in the Chicago Paper Conference from October 11 - 13, 2017. Industry conferences are always a great place to catch up with suppliers and customers alike. This yea's Conference conversations and Agenda were dominated by information about the Chinese Government's new National Sword. Under the Chinese government’s “National Sword 2017” clampdown, close inspection of imported recyclable materials were put in place. This blog post is Urban Impact's first update on National Sword.Read More
Secure Onsite Hard Drive Destruction
Urban Impact provides onsite hard drive and electronic media destruction services for responsible, secure electronic data management. Electronic media will be destroyed onsite using our state-of-the-art electronic media shredder. Our shredder destroys your hard drives, CDs/DVDs, and other electronic storage products and materials, making your private information secure and irretrievable. We come to your location to physically destroy your data-bearing hard and/or recordable media, such as DVDs. Secure Onsite DestructionRead More
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