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...
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: 19 May 2023
Last week saw the publication of the interim obligation data from the National Packaging Waste Database and it had an impact on...