Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 April 2019
The recycling sector remains a tough one to trade in at present, with lots of factors conspiring against it.
Market conditions – looking ahead (5 March 2018)
Now that the weather across the UK is improving, we should expect more of a return towards normal this week.
The heavy snow and strong...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 26 May 2023
Ahead of the Bank Holiday Weekend, market participants seemed more interested in the sunny weather than trading.
This was...
Report finds Netherlands is at the forefront of developing a circular economy for plastics
Research on securing plastic feedstock has found that the Netherlands is leading the way when it comes to circular plastics from recycling.
Indonesia needs more plastic recycling infrastructure to reduce imports says Minister
Indonesia's Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has said that the country needs more plastic recycling infrastructure to enable it to reduce imports.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 30 August 2019
September's recycling market was hoped to bring back some life for certain grades, and there is some evidence that this happened.
Recycling export report: plastic (January 2018)
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: 9 November 2018
The PRN price continued to dominate again this week, with odd data from the National Packaging Waste Database causing confusion.
When the monthly data for...
Eastman to invest $1billion in world’s largest plastic chemical recycling plant in France
US speciality materials company Eastman has announced plants to build the world's largest plastic chemical recycling plant in France.
Recycled plastic export report: December 2023
These are the latest HMRC export figures for December 2023 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of more than...