Recycling prices and market commentary: 12 July 2019
Aluminium and plastic PRN/PERN values hit £200, in what was another odd week for this market.
The price of...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 March 2023
Frosty winds are blowing across the market at the moment, with trading volumes reported as low again across most materials.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 October 2019
Low OCC prices are becoming an increasing concern for the recycling market at present.
With the price dropping again,...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 January 2020
It was definitely a week for taking stock for UK recyclers, taking the opportunity for assessing where they are and where they...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 May 2020
While scrap metal traders and plastic bottle sellers will have seen price increases this week, everyone else will have seen falling or...
Year in Prices: How 2020 compared to previous years for key paper and plastic...
In this article I look at the year in prices and how values compared in 2020 to other years using REB Market...
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...
Remondis acquisition of packaging body DSD blocked by German monopolies agency
Germany's Federal Cartel Office Bundeskartellamt has blocked a proposed acquisition by waste management giant Remondis of the packaging recycling scheme Duales System...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 January 2019
Those trading recycled materials this week seem unsure about what is going to happen over the next few weeks, and are understandably...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 October 2020
It was a nervous recycling market this week as many chose to hold their position, not knowing what next week would bring,...