Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 March 2019
Recycling trade remains challenging across most materials with demand for most grades still weak.
Prices also remained mostly stable...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 July 2020
With the NPWD monthly data being published today, this week was very much a case of waiting to see what that revealed...
Recycling Market Commentary and Prices: 8 June 2018
This week was certainly interesting in the recycled paper market even if prices didn't change, for reasons outlined below.
Metals also saw a price boost...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market
In this new feature, each month, Valpak director of procurement Ben Richardson will share his analysis of the PRN/PERN market.
EU reaches compromise position on proposed ban on waste shipments
The European Union Council and European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on shipments of waste.
For shipments...
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: 10 August 2018
It seems that, at the moment, there is a new development that affects the market and prices of recycled materials every week.
This week's news...
Food and Drink Federation warn of centralised and costly Extended Producer Responsibility system
The Food and Drink Federation has said that the Government's proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system is too centralised and costly.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 March 2024
For paper and plastics, it was a week of little change, although there was some activity in the metals market.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 April 2022
The publication of the Q1 data from the National Packaging Waste Database could set the tone for pricing in the coming months.
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