Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 July 2020
For the plastics market, the NPWD Q2 data was eagerly awaited and its publication this week is likely to have a bearing...
Maersk to stop recycling shipments to China and Hong Kong
Major shipping line Maersk has confirmed that it will no longer accept recycling shipments to China and Hong Kong from 1 September.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 17 July 2020
It was a largely static recycling market this week, as those who trade in packaging grades waited for the publication of the...
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...
United States calls on China to halt solid waste import ban in WTO complaint
The United States has complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's solid waste import ban and called on it to...
Biffa loses export appeal: judges say destination contamination standards are irrelevant
Waste management company Biffa has lost its appeal over a conviction that it illegally exported household waste to China in May and...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 July 2020
Markets for recyclate are waiting to see what happens at the moment in terms of global economics and what this means for secondary materials.
In...
China to reduce import quota ahead of solid waste ban
China has announced that it will reduce the import quota over the remainder of this year ahead of its solid waste ban.
Hapag-Lloyd stop waste shipments to China
Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has announced that it will stop exports of waste to China.
Following the introduction of the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 June 2020
Sunshine and easing demand meant many recyclate traders went outside and took a couple of days off this week.