Recycling prices and market commentary: 29 May 2020
Plastic and paper packaging grades saw falls in value this week due to a fall in the PRN/PERN value for the former...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 May 2020
As one recycling market commentator put it, "what goes up, must come down" and this was the case for certain paper grades...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 May 2020
While scrap metal traders and plastic bottle sellers will have seen price increases this week, everyone else will have seen falling or...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 May 2020
A little early ahead of the UK bank holiday weekend, this week was characterised by a generally quieter recycling market.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 1 May 2020
OCC values went through the roof this week as lack of supply and strong demand sent prices up beyond £100 per tonne.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 April 2020
It is quite a strange recycling sector at the moment as it comes to grips with what coronavirus means for it.
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 April 2020
Easter and coronavirus have created a strange environment for those trading recyclable materials this week.
In many cases, not...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 April 2020
The coronavirus situation continues to work in weird and unusual ways on the recycling industry.
At the start of...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 27 March 2020
The international recycling market is grappling with how to deal with the coronavirus situation and how different nations are responding.