Recycling prices and market intelligence: 14 July 2023
It was another quiet week with low supply, low demand, but also some grades falling in price.
As we...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 July 2023
Everywhere that buys material seems full at the moment with generally little demand for recycled product at present.
With...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 30 June 2023
European demand is really weak for paper and plastic grades at the moment, but the rest of the world is quiet too.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 23 June 2023
While the sun is shining, that gives some optimism unlike the trading in the recycling marketplace this week.
There...
James Armitage on the PRN market
Valpak’s head of procurement James Armitage gives his opinion on the PRN market
We are almost halfway through the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 16 June 2023
Little price falls affected some key grades this week as markets continued to be sluggish.
Plastics packaging grades dropped...
Recycled plastic export report: April 2023
These are the latest HMRC export figures for April 2023 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of more than...
Recycled paper export report: April 2023
These are the latest HMRC export figures for April 2023 for key paper and cardboard grades. Only destinations of more than 1,000...
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: 2 June 2023
There wasn't a huge amount of activity in the paper and plastics market this week and this was reflected in pretty static...