Recycling prices and commentary: 14 September 2018
There wasn't too much change this week for recycling prices, with only metals showing any real changes.
But there is a view that change is...
Chinese market expects recycled material imports ban by end of 2020
China ban on recycled material is likely to take place by the end of 2020, a source has said.
The person involved in the Chinese...
China’s Hangzhou Customs sent back 3,200 tonnes of waste paper in past month
A total of 3,200 tonnes of waste paper has been rejected and sent back to its country of origin by Hangzhou Customs in the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 September 2018
Cardboard remained a strange material in the recycling market this week, with demand for it somewhere between desperate and not wanted.
This has led to...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 31 August 2018
With it being the week of the only summer Bank Holiday in the UK, recycling markets were inevitably quiet as people took the opportunity...
Italian mill switches to containerboard
Italian graphic and specialty paper producer Burgo Group S.p.A is converting its PM9 paper mill at Verzuolo from the production of coated mechanical papers...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 August 2018
While recycling prices remained stable for almost all recycled grades this week, there are things happening in the background that could make September more...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 17 August 2018
There wasn't much movement in recycling prices at all this week, although some metals did drop and OCC increased a little.
Much of the market...
Vietnam Prime Minister orders review of existing recycling import quotas
A review into existing recycling import quotas is about to be undertaken by the Vietnamese Government.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the Ministry of...
Taiwan closes the door on plastic and bans mixed paper
Taiwan, the last Asian market for recovered plastic, has put the world on notice that it's about to close its doors.
A report by the...