Recycling prices and market commentary: 22 February 2019
There was a bit of movement for paper recyclers this week, while LDPE was also a mover in the plastic market.
Only 12% of material resources used in the EU came from recycled content in...
EU statistics body Eurostat has revealed that just 11.7% of material resources in the EU came from recycled content in 2021.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 October 2022
In contrast to the drama in Westminster this week, it was a relatively quiet recycling market.
Trading remains relatively...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 28 September 2018
There were small adjustments in the recycling market this week on certain grades ahead of expected deeper prices change.
Copper and brass grades saw the...
Lidl kicks off its own bottle-return initiative
Lidl has launched its own bottle-return scheme.
Carbios receives €3 million EU funding to scale up PET chemical recycling tech
French chemical recycler Carbios will receive €3 million (£2.55 million) from the EU Life programme to commercialise its PET chemical recycling technology.
Energy from waste should be equal to recycling suggests Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has said that the waste hierarchy should be revised and recycling and energy recovery would have...
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...
Norway’s Quantafuel planning plastic chemical recycling plant in Sunderland
Norwegian plastic chemical recycling form Quantafuel has announced plans for its first UK facility in Sunderland.
The company is...
California’s attorney general to investigate whether oil companies have misled public over plastic recycling
An investigation has begun by California attorney general Rob Bonta into whether major oil companies have deceived the public over plastic products...