Recycling prices and market commentary: 16 August 2019
Plastic volatility continues to affect the market, despite the summer slowdown.
With the plastic PRN/PERN price all over the...
BIR report finds paper and card production fell in 2019, but more of it...
Global production of recovered fibre fell from just over 250 million tonnes in 2018 to less than 244 million tonnes in 2019,...
European Commission to ban greenwashing including false labelling
As part of its circular economy package, the European Commission has announced that it will ban greenwashing among Member States.
Dutch MPs to encourage Government to reduce cardboard packaging
Members of the House of Representatives have voted to ask the Netherlands Government to reduce the amount of cardboard and other packaging...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 August 2020
Yet again, the plastic recycling trade was dominated by the PRN/PERN price.
With a fall of about £30 per...
DS Smith report high cardboard packaging sales, despite increased input costs
Packaging giant DS Smith has said that it has seen good volume growth of box sales in the third quarter of its...
Plastic-free food tub hailed as ‘transformative’
Vegan food producer Upfield has launced a plastic-free, recyclable tub for its butters and spreads.
China issues 700k of recycled paper quota. Is it the last one ever?
A further 705,850 tonnes of recycled paper quota has been issued by the Chinese Government.
This takes the total...
China issues small paper quota
Just 56,650 tonnes of paper quota has been issued by the Chinese Government in its latest batch.
This small...
EuRIC and FEAD jointly call for unhampered trade of raw materials from recycling
Trade associations EuRIC and FEAD have jointly called for unhampered trade of raw materials from recycling under the EU Waste Shipment Regulation...