TotalEnergies to build mechanical plastic recycling facility near Paris
Oil and chemical firm TotalEnergies is to construct a mechanical plastic recycling unit at its Grandpuits site near Paris.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 September 2023
A recovery seems to be continuing for OCC with prices for this cardboard grade now back up to levels last seen in...
Defra promises to introduce ‘Simpler Recycling’ to replace consistency of collections
A communication from Defra to industry stakeholders has said that it plans to introduce 'Simpler Recycling' instead of the formerly proposed consistent...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 September 2023
With some prices rising this week for some grades, is this a sign that a market that has been on the slide...
Funding of £1.5 million available to drive innovation in large-scale refillable packaging for liquids
UK Research & Innovation's Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) challenge has launched a £1.5 million competition to look at liquid food and...
Smurfit Kappa in merger discussions with US firm WestRock
Ireland's mill group and packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has entered merger discussions with US packaging business WestRock.
If the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 September 2023
September is a month when people expect markets to take off after the quieter summer period.
Although historically, it...
Retailers sound inflation warning over DRS plans
Shops have warned ministers to rethink their planned deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers or risk stoking further inflation
Recycling prices and market commentary: 25 August 2023
There was a flurry of activity for some paper grades, and metals were up too. But plastics continued to struggle this week.
Tesco introduces clear caps on 425 million bottles of milk
Tesco's own brand milk will soon have clear caps to make recycling of its HDPE bottles easier.
These will...
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