Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 April 2020
The coronavirus situation continues to work in weird and unusual ways on the recycling industry.
At the start of...
Recycling Market Commentary and Prices: 8 June 2018
This week was certainly interesting in the recycled paper market even if prices didn't change, for reasons outlined below.
Metals also saw a price boost...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 19 April 2019
Easter is often a period when more recyclable material enters the market as consumers use the time off to shop for summer...
ALDI to trial clear HDPE caps on milk bottles
Supermarket ALDI is going to trail clear HDPE caps on milk bottles in Cheshire, Manchester and Liverpool.
Its semi-skimmed...
Interseroh+ offers Made for Recycling paper/cardboard packaging assessment
German recycling alliance Interseroh+ is offering a Made for Recycling service that assesses whether paper and cardboard packaging meets new CEPI guidelines....
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: 14 August 2020
There was some heat in the paper/cardboard sector, and some fears about the plastic PRN/PERN for those trading plastic packaging this week.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 January 2023
Those who returned to the market after the Christmas break found a tentative market where trade was sluggish.
With...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 3 July 2020
Markets for recyclate are waiting to see what happens at the moment in terms of global economics and what this means for secondary materials.
In...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 16 December 2022
Thoughts are now turning towards Christmas breaks and what the market will bring in the New Year.
There is...