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...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 12 May 2023
With the compliance obligation expected to be published today, this led to a quiet market as packaging buyers and sellers waited to...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 May 2023
After the panic of last week, the market took the four days of this week to reflect on what had happened and...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 April 2023
The publication of the Q1 data on the National Packaging Waste Database (NPWD) caused a lot of worry for the paper and cardboard sector...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 April 2023
With PRN/PERN prices so high across the board, small percentage swings can have a big impact on whether transactions are profitable or...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 April 2023
The week after Easter didn't bring too many surprises as the market waits to see how things will progress.
James Armitage on the PRN market: April 2023
Valpak's head of procurement James Armitage gives his opinion on the PRN market
The Q4 data published last week...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 April 2023
It was a subdued week ahead of the long Easter weekend, with not much movement occurring for prices.
There...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 31 March 2023
The recycling markets are really hard to read at the moment, making trading really difficult.
In plastics, the PRN/PERN...