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...
Smurfit Kappa Group reveal €1.6 billion profits for first nine months of FY2023
Smurfit Kappa Group has announced it has made £1.6 billion (£1.4 billion) net profit for the nine months to 30 September 2023.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 19 July 2019
Recycled plastic volatility continues to be driven by the yo-yo PRN/PERN value.
With another rise in the PRN/PERN for...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 November 2022
The market is all about the PRN/PERN at the moment and that is helping to support what would otherwise be a fragile...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 9 April 2021
This seemed like a week when those who were trading took stock and looked ahead to where they think the market will...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 February 2020
Shipping recyclable materials was the key concern for this week's recycling market.
While it didn't decimate prices this week...
Morrisons to put own brand milk in Tetra Pak cartons rather than HDPE bottles
Supermarket Morrisons has announced that it will replace HDPE bottles for its own brand milk with Tetra Pak cartons.
Recycling UK Group invest £500,000 in Oswestry Waste Paper
A £500,000 investment has been made by Recycling UK (RUK) Group to upgrade equipment at its Oswestry Waste Paper site in Shropshire.
Recycling prices and commentary: 17 March 2023
Markets were generally pretty flat this week, and where there was movement tended to be because of changes in the PRN/PERN market...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 23 April 2021
While the weather appears to be warming, plastics and paper recyclate markets appear to be cooling.
For the plastics...