Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 May 2021
With the exception of industrial non-ferrous metals, it was a downward facing market for many grades of recycled materials this week.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 11 February 2022
It was a strangely reluctant market this week, where traders didn't seem to want to commit.
Possibly, this was...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 17 January 2020
Recyclate buyers and sellers will have found very different market conditions depending on what material they were trading in this week.
INEOS and LACTEL to produce first HDPE milk bottles from chemical recycling
INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe is to work with French dairy group Lactel to produce the first HDPE milk bottles from chemical...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 February 2024
There wasn't a huge amount of activity in the market this week, with many reporting trading was quiet across materials.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 1 March 2019
Export markets helped drive some paper grades up this week, with other materials relatively stable.
HDPE bottles saw a...
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...
Veolia to supply L’Oréal with recycled plastic
L'Oréal will be manufacturing its packaging worldwide using recycled plastic content from Veolia.
It will be produced from post-consumer...
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: 31 January 2020
The coronavirus outbreak in China had a major impact on non-ferrous and ferrous metal prices this week, forcing them downwards.