Chinese customs imposes 100% inspections on recyclable materials
An announcement by China's General Administration of Customs appears to show that 100% inspections will be required on permitted export of recyclable materials.
Currently, CCIC...
Chinese paper recycler Nine Dragons to buy two American paper mills
A deal has been agreed that will see Chinese paper recycler Nine Dragons buy US firm The Target Company and its two paper mills.
Nine...
Lee & Man investigating new recycled paper mill in Myanmar
Chinese company Lee & Man is looking into building a new recycled paper mill in Myanmar.
A meeting has been held between Lee & Man...
Poland planning new regulations on recycling imports
The Polish Government has said that it will introduce new laws to make it harder to export materials for recycling into the country.
In recent...
Vietnam ports place restrictions on plastics and paper recycling imports
Two key Vietnamese ports have imposed restrictions on the import of recycled paper and plastics following a build-up of unclaimed containers.
Over 8,000 containers of...
Recycling Market Commentary and Prices: 25 May 2018
This week saw some upwards movement in the price of certain recyclable plastics grades, and a slight cooling of OCC.
PET, HDPE and LDPE all...
Recycling market conditions: looking ahead (21 May 2018)
Economic conditions this week could help to provide some support for price rises across some recycling grades.
First of all, sterling dropped below the $1.34...
Recycling Market Commentary: 18 May 2018
Although the market continued to tick along this week, there appear to be some challenges ahead that are worrying participants.
Fallout from China's bans and...
Recycling export report: paper (March 2018)
India stepped up its purchases of recovered paper grades in March, according to the latest official HMRC export data.
While China also improved in how...
Recycling market conditions: looking ahead (14 May 2018)
Last week was dominated by OCC and this week looks set to be exactly the same.
In recent weeks, a wide spread has opened between...