Manufacturer Henkel launches $70 million bond to help it reduce plastic waste
The manufacturer of brands such as Persil and Unibond has raised $70 million (£56 million) that will be allocated to Henkel's activities...
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.
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Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 June 2020
Sunshine and easing demand meant many recyclate traders went outside and took a couple of days off this week.
James Cropper launches premium packaging made from post-consumer recovered fibre and coffee cups
Specialist papermaker James Cropper has launched a new collection of paper for premium packaging, including an option made from 100% post-consumer recovered...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 19 June 2020
Falling PRN/PERN values is the main area of concern for the recycling market this week with many key grades seeing a drop.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 12 June 2020
A potential oversupply of PRNs hit the recycled plastic packaging market hard this week, with prices dropping as a result.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 June 2020
Those trading in the recycling market this week generally found themselves trying to decide which way values are headed.
Philadelphia cream cheese packaging to include chemically recycled plastic
Packaging manufacturer Berry Global Group has revealed that it will use chemically recycled plastic in Philadelphia cream cheese packaging produced by Mondelēz...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 29 May 2020
Plastic and paper packaging grades saw falls in value this week due to a fall in the PRN/PERN value for the former...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 May 2020
As one recycling market commentator put it, "what goes up, must come down" and this was the case for certain paper grades...