Recycling Market Conditions – looking ahead (19 March 2018)
Last week was a quiet one for the recycling market, and there is no reason to expect this week will be much different.
In the...
DS Smith warn that EU reuse proposals could lead to much more plastic use
UK mill group DS Smith has warned that European Union proposals to have reuse targets on all materials could lead to more...
Fiberight set to build £10 million water separation plastic recycling plant in South Wales
British and US firm Fiberight is planning to build a £10 million plant that uses water to separate plastics usually lost to...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market: December 2020
As the run into the Christmas period starts in earnest next week, the industry shifts its focus onto 2021, whilst the agencies...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 July 2019
Both recycled paper and plastics grades saw price increases this week, but both were due to different market conditions.
Recycling market conditions: looking ahead (18 June 2018)
There is increasingly a view across the recycling market that prices are set to fall.
Will that be this week? Possibly, but probably not.
If anything,...
EuRIC calls for EU mandatory recycled content targets if export ban goes ahead
European umbrella trade association EuRIC has said that EU decision makers should introduce mandatory targets for recycled material in new products if...
Thai Government consults on plastic definition ahead of import ban
The Thai Government has launched a consultation on its definition of what constitutes plastic when it comes to ban imports of the...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 4 October 2019
Recycled paper, plastic and metals prices were typically stable or downward in value this week, with hardly anything seeing a price rise.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 8 April 2022
It was a stable market this week, but there is a differing picture with paper and plastic grades.
With...