Last minute changes to the proposals including separating the substance ban out into a separate text from the recycling requirements have momentarily left various industry associations and companies reluctant to comment on the proposals until they have seen the final texts.

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The British Metals Recycling Association has been supporting the Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, saying a cash ban alone will not reduce metal theft.

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Quinn has noted before that she was not opposed to a ban on the material as part of a larger effort to increase recycling.

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American industry and government had also expressed concern that the recycling requirements would put non-EU based producers at a disadvantage, and that the substance ban particularly as regards flame retardants could lower the safety of such products.

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