Consumer brands reveal world’s first enzymatically recycled PET bottles
Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe have announced that they have produced the world's first food-grade PET...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 May 2020
As one recycling market commentator put it, "what goes up, must come down" and this was the case for certain paper grades...
Recycling market sentiment report: where is the market headed? May 2018 to May 2019
This REB market sentiment report is a survey of key stakeholders in the recycling market of where they believe the market is headed in...
Thailand may allow plastic imports for up to two more years ahead of eventual...
Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment has said that the country will look to ban imports of plastics for recycling within...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market: May 2021
Since my last report we have seen monthly figures, quarterly figures, and a few finger fudges along the way.
Future ‘not promising’ warns international recycling chief
Recycling companies across Europe are "struggling" with high costs and low demand, a leading figure has warned.
Interseroh+ offers Made for Recycling paper/cardboard packaging assessment
German recycling alliance Interseroh+ is offering a Made for Recycling service that assesses whether paper and cardboard packaging meets new CEPI guidelines....
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...
UK use of black plastic believed to have dropped to 10,000 tonnes in 2020
RECOUP's Black Plastic Packaging Forum believes use of black plastic has fallen to just 10,000 tonnes per year going into 2020.
Yes Recycling plans hard-to-recycle plastics facility in Scotland
Hard-to-recycle plastics specialist Yes Recycling has announced plans to open a new facility in Scotland.
Due to open in...