Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 June 2023
Markets remain tough for paper grades and plastics especially, but there was a little bit of respite from the PRN/PERN market this...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 May 2023
Ahead of the Bank Holiday Weekend, market participants seemed more interested in the sunny weather than trading.
This was...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 October 2018
PRNs and PERNs remained the topic of conversation in the recycling market this week.
Following theĀ Guardian'sĀ publication of a story on alleged recycling fraud last week,...
New US tariffs on waste paper and plastics
A new set of tariffs has been announced by the United States on Chinese goods including on waste paper and plastics.
If approved, these could...
Market conditions – looking ahead (5 March 2018)
Now that the weather across the UK is improving, we should expect more of a return towards normal this week.
The heavy snow and strong...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 April 2019
The recycling sector remains a tough one to trade in at present, with lots of factors conspiring against it.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 30 August 2019
September's recycling market was hoped to bring back some life for certain grades, and there is some evidence that this happened.
Food retailers still appear to be best source of recyclable material
Packaging from the food sector appear to be the most dominant source of recyclable material from the retail sector over the coming months.
As the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 November 2018
The PRN price continued to dominate again this week, with odd data from the National Packaging Waste Database causing confusion.
When the monthly data for...
Recycled paper export report: December 2022
The last month of 2022 was one of contrasts. While OCC had a good month, and news and pams was up, mixed...