Export of recyclate can boost developing nations as part of circular economy
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) document has suggested that export of recycled materials can...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market: January 2021
The start of 2021 has been edged with much concern with Brexit, Covid, Basel Convention and general changes in localised laws, around...
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.
James Armitage on the PRN market
Valpakās head of procurement James Armitage gives his opinion on the PRN market
We are almost halfway through the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 February 2023
It was another week of waiting to see as the market doesn't seem to want to start 2023, even though we are...
European Commission treats waste shipments as essential service
Waste shipments between European Union single market members should be considered an essential service during the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission has...
MEPs recommend tougher waste shipment rules including eventual plastic export ban
Members of the European Parliament's Environment Committee have put forward their position on European waste shipments that could eventually lead to a...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 October 2023
This was a week of looking to the future, sticking fingers in the wind to try and find out which way the...
Saica and Novelis show interest in powering North West facilities with hydrogen
Saica and Novelis have expressed interest in using hydrogen in their facilities in the North West of England.
Indian...
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...