Export report: plastics (Dec 17)
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively small in...
Recycling prices and market commentary 4 June 2021
For those that were trading, some paper and plastic grades increased in price, even though it was generally a quiet week.
Retailer Lush introduces its own plastic packaging deposit return scheme
Cosmetics retailer Lush has launched a scheme that will pay customers for returning its plastic packaging back to its stores.
Recycling market commentary: 23 March 2018
There has been some recent increases in the price of plastic grades as the market has heated up with material able to move.
But the expectation...
Recycled plastic export report: October 2021
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 May 2021
There wasn't a definitive pattern to the market this week with some materials falling, some not moving at all and some soaring.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 11 August 2023
As we get deeper into the summer holidays, and with very little European demand across materials, markets are very quiet at the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 13 September 2019
Recyclable material prices fell this week for many paper and plastic grades, with ferrous prices also dropping.
A fall...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 August 2022
For paper and plastic grades it was another week where prices dropped by quite a bit.
In the case...
Martin Robb’s plastic report: May 2021
The plastic market has remained buoyant over the past couple of months.
Demand has remained high for all grades...