In Thailand, import regulations meant to control the flow of end-of-life electronics are creating headaches for shipments of a wider array of metals, including automotive scrap materials. The Recycled Materials Association recently traveled to the country to clarify the confusion.
The Basel Convention, the global treaty covering waste shipments, expanded the scope of end-of-life electronics it regulates at the beginning of 2025. The new language brought almost anything that could be considered e-scrap under the treaty’s purview. U.S. processors anticipated significant disruption in exporting e-scrap fractions.
