Recycling prices and market commentary: 20 November 2020
December is very much on the minds of recyclate traders at the moment, and this has helped to start some movement after...
Ben Richardson’s PRN market report: June 2022
Well, quite a bit has happened since my last report, hence the quiet couple of months.
Extended Producer Responsibility...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 May 2019
Crazily high prices are being paid for plastic packaging grades at the moment, and crazily low prices for recycled paper grades.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 December 2020
Please note, this is the final report of 2020. The next one will be on 8 January 2021. Articles will continue to...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 January 2021
January 2021 so far has brought rising prices for many grades, albeit within difficult trading conditions.
As has been...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 June 2022
It was a mixed market this week affected by holidays last week in the UK and this week in Europe.
Ports and recyclers clash over Indian demurrage charges
Indian ports and recyclers are battling over whether demurrage charges should be placed on containers stuck at ports due to the national...
Defra outlines Simpler Recycling and how every household and business will have same materials...
Defra has outlined some of the detail of its Simpler Recycling programme as well as a crackdown on illegal waste operators.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 19 June 2020
Falling PRN/PERN values is the main area of concern for the recycling market this week with many key grades seeing a drop.
Malaysia looks set to delay paper and cardboard inspections again
Malaysia appears likely to delay imported paper and cardboard inspections after revealing it will put back implementing new rules on metal inspections.