Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 November 2019
Cardboard and mixed paper remain in a very, very difficult place at the moment.
Although the price of OCC...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 November 2019
The recovered fibre market slumped again this week, in what is proving to be a very difficult market for recycled paper.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 13 December 2019
Is there some optimism to be had for the struggling paper recycling sector? Possibly, although positives could potentially be outweighed by some...
Recycling export report: plastic (April 2018)
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively small in volume
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Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 July 2019
Pricing recycled plastic packaging bales was a challenge this week as a rapidly falling plastic PRN/PERN price hit hard.
Biffa revenues up 8.8 per cent
Biffa’s annual results have been published today showing ‘strong growth in revenue, profits and cash flows’.
The UK waste management company has also announced...
Secondary markets commentary – 26 January 2018
FROM THE 26TH JANUARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
Paper grades tumbled in value this week as a range of factors combined to push prices lower. While plastics...
Outlook: Plastic exports to China slump, but recovery for OCC
FROM THE 19TH JANUARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
The latest HMRC export data shows that the ban on imports of plastics into China has hit UK exports...
100 illegal plastic recycling plants in Malaysia to be shut within three months
According to the Malaysian Minister of Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change, and Environment Yeo Bee Yin, 100 illegal plastic waste recycling plants will...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 1 November 2019
Paper and plastic recycling markets remain in very different places at the moment.
While the market for plastic packaging...