Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 June 2019
The plastic PRN/PERN market jumped above £500 this week, which caused everyone to panic and it then crashed.
Five chemical recycling plants to be built in Indonesia by UK firm
Recycling firm Plastic Energy has reached an agreement with West Java in Indonesia to build five chemical recycling plants.
Nine Dragons Paper sales increase by 18.2%
The board of directors at Nine Dragons Paper Holdings (ND) has announced that its interim figures for the six months ending on 31 December 2018...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 September 2018
There were small adjustments in the recycling market this week on certain grades ahead of expected deeper prices change.
Copper and brass grades saw the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 July 2020
Markets for recyclate are waiting to see what happens at the moment in terms of global economics and what this means for secondary materials.
In...
Indonesia to use ISRI specifications to mitigate restrictions on recovered paper imports
The Indonesian government had announced that it is using the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) specifications for recovered paper, which set...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 23 November 2018
Aluminium and plastic PRNs are the main story this week, with prices rising even higher.
As reported last week, the Advisory Committee on Packaging has...
Is there a Christmas retail rush on the way?
Retail sales in October saw only a small increase on the previous year, with more consumers becoming wary of spending due to the build-up...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 12 June 2020
A potential oversupply of PRNs hit the recycled plastic packaging market hard this week, with prices dropping as a result.
Malaysia issue permanent ban on import of plastic waste
Malaysia has issued a permanent ban on the import of plastic waste according to its Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.
The Minister also said that...