Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 June 2019
The plastic PRN/PERN market jumped above £500 this week, which caused everyone to panic and it then crashed.
PM23 machine at Lee & Man Paper mill in Malaysia commissioned
The PM23 papermaking machines at Lee & Man Paper's mill in Malaysia has been commissioned, according to its manufacturer.
Reconomy buys Eurokey
Outsourced waste services company Reconomy has continued its acquisition spree by snapping up commodity trading and reprocessing business Eurokey.
Smurfit Kappa rejects takeover bid from International Paper Company
The largest cardboard box manufacturer in Europe and major purchaser of recovered fibre has rejected a takeover bid from US firm International Paper Company.
Smurfit...
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...
China implements tariffs on recycled pulp and finished cardboard products
In retaliation to tariffs imposed by the United States, China has put tariffs on recycled pulp from paper and cardboard and also on finished...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 October 2022
There was a surprise rise for OCC this week, while a rising PRN/PERN helped to push up plastic packaging.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 4 November 2022
Fireworks were going off in the PRN/PERN market this week that helped boost the value of certain paper and plastic grades.
Recycled paper export report: April 2022
All of OCC, mixed and news and pams were down in April from the amount exported in March. However, this can also...
Walkers crisps trialling new paper-based flexible outer packaging
Multipacks of Walkers crisps may soon have paper-based flexible outer packaging if a trial proves successful.
Around 300,000 six-pack...