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...
Coca-Cola invests in CuRE Technology’s PET recycling process
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has invested an undisclosed sum in CuRE Technology.
Netherlands-based CuRE Technology has developed a low-energy...
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...
Biffa buys PET recycler Esterpet
North Yorkshire-based PET recycler Esterpet has been acquired by Biffa.
From its 25,000 tonnes per year facility near Leeds,...
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...
EU investigating complaint that China is dumping PET on market and its effect on...
The European Commission has begun an investigation into whether China is dumping PET onto the European market at a discounted rate.
James Cropper plans greater use of recovered fibre as part of new strategy
Cumbria-based luxury paper packaging group James Cropper has revealed that it intends to increase the amount of recovered fibre it uses as...