Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 November 2019
Depressing prices for OCC and mixed paper is the key story this week in the recycling marketplace.
Both grades...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 February 2021
There is a lot to think about for those moving recyclate at the moment, with different grades reacting to different conditions.
Recycling Market Commentary: 6 April 2018
With this being the one week when all schools are closed for Easter, many market participants were taking the opportunity to have a week's...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 March 2020
The UK recycling market tended to be softening or static on the whole this week with shipping continuing to be a challenge....
Secondary Markets Commentary- 12th January 2018
FROM 12TH JANUARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT:
Chinese 0.5% contamination level for paper seems to be confirmed, as markets remain quiet
An official English version of the GB...
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...
Secondary Markets Commentary – 9 March 2018
Material is moving, but market continues to be in winter with no signs of spring emerging as yet
It has to be said that the...
Food retail sales grow in February, but non-food struggling
For recyclers looking where retail quality supply of material will come from, the answer is the grocers.
Food retailers had a good month in February,...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 13 September 2019
Recyclable material prices fell this week for many paper and plastic grades, with ferrous prices also dropping.
A fall...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 20 March 2020
While most recycling markets saw dramatic price falls this week, that wasn't the case for OCC which actually increased in price.