Recycling prices and market commentary: 17 April 2020
OCC and mixed paper demand was strong again this week, although not everywhere, but enough to push some grades of paper recycling...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 December 2022
For plastic grades, any price changes were largely driven by the PRN/PERN market this week, while the recovered fibre market saw OCC...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 May 2019
The recycling industry reported that it was another quiet week this week with trading volumes still low.
Partly, this...
WTO looking at plastic recycling standards and dropping trade barriers
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has revealed that it is looking at policies including plastic recycling standards and dropping trade barriers as...
Year in Prices: How 2020 compared to previous years for key paper and plastic...
In this article I look at the year in prices and how values compared in 2020 to other years using REB Market...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 11 August 2023
As we get deeper into the summer holidays, and with very little European demand across materials, markets are very quiet at the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 May 2021
There wasn't a definitive pattern to the market this week with some materials falling, some not moving at all and some soaring.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 January 2022
The market is fully settled into this year now, and seems to be in a buying pattern that is pushing up some...
Secondary Markets Commentary – 2 March 2018
The optimism from the end of last week that this might be an improving week for the recycling market was smothered by a layer...
Recycled paper export report: May 2020
The weakest paper exports we have recorded occurred in May 2020, according to the latest data from HMRC.
In...