China abandons 2020 deadline to ban solid waste imports
Plans to ban solid waste imports by the end of 2020 appear to have been abandoned by the Chinese Government.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 July 2019
Pricing recycled plastic packaging bales was a challenge this week as a rapidly falling plastic PRN/PERN price hit hard.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 June 2019
The market for recycled commodities calmed down this week as a whole with the plastic sector seeing some signs of stability for...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 June 2019
The plastic PRN/PERN market jumped above £500 this week, which caused everyone to panic and it then crashed.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 June 2019
Plastic PRN/PERN prices have jumped by over £100 per tonne this week in signs that the madness is not coming to an...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 June 2019
Recycled plastic traders are speculating on PRN/PERN prices and helping to push the price of both up.
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Recycling prices and market commentary: 31 May 2019
The plastic PRN/PERN price continued to dominate conversations this week, in what was otherwise a still overall quiet market.
China set to publish law on banning imports of recyclable materials
The Chinese Government has said it expects to publish its revised Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes law soon.
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: 17 May 2019
In the week that the Resources and Waste Strategy consultation that included extended producer responsibility reform, it was the PRN/PERN system that...