Recycling prices and market commentary: 12 February 2021
Paper and plastic grades were mostly subdued this week as the struggles in the recycling market continued to have an impact.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 20 September 2019
Recycling market volatility remains the key story this week, affecting plastic trading in particular.
The paper sector continues to...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 July 2022
Many in the market seem to be employing a 'buy what you need' strategy rather than attempting to stock up for the...
FEATURE: Plastic recycling rates are increasing, but slowly – a global perspective
In the battle against plastic pollution, recycling plays a pivotal role. However, the journey toward sustainable waste management is far from uniform...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 August 2018
In terms of recycling prices, it was a quiet week with not much movement across most material grades.
Indeed, many market participants are on holiday,...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 27 January 2023
The last full week of the 2022 compliance year brought about a significant change for plastic PRN/PERNs and a small change for...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 July 2018
Exporting recycled materials is becoming increasingly challenging as more and more countries refuse to take material, particularly plastics.
With China shut to plastics, Thailand and...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 November 2020
There were no fireworks in the recycling market this week with November increasingly looking like being a quiet month.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 2 August 2019
The market for recycled goods was relatively quiet this week now that we are properly into holiday season.
However,...
Smurfit Kappa expects to drop price of finished goods following fall in value of...
Mill group Smurfit Kappa has said that it would expect that the price of its cardboard and paper packaging will drop following...