Recycled plastic export report: July 2023
These are the latest HMRC export figures for July 2023 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of more than...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 September 2023
A recovery seems to be continuing for OCC with prices for this cardboard grade now back up to levels last seen in...
EuRIC sets out roadmap to use chemical recycling where no better alternative exists
European umbrella trade association EuRIC has published a roadmap in which it argues that chemical recycling should be explored when no better...
Defra promises to introduce ‘Simpler Recycling’ to replace consistency of collections
A communication from Defra to industry stakeholders has said that it plans to introduce 'Simpler Recycling' instead of the formerly proposed consistent...
SGT plans new rPET production unit in France
French company SGT is aiming to open a new rPET production unit in 2024 at its existing site in Rezé.
Greenback Recycling Technologies acquires Enval
Flexible packaging recycling firm Enval has been bought by advanced recycling technologies company Greenback Recycling Technologies.
Both companies are...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 15 September 2023
With some prices rising this week for some grades, is this a sign that a market that has been on the slide...
Italian firm Dentis set to recycle 130,000 tonnes of PET bottles by 2024
Dentis Recycling Italy is set to expand its PET bottle recycling capacity to 130,000 tonnes by 2024.
The company...
Sites with waste exemptions should continue without need for permit, says The Recycling Association
The Recycling Association has written to Environment Minister Rebecca Pow asking her to reconsider whether low-risk facilities that currently operate under a...
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...