Oil giant Repsol to recycle high quality polyolefins with Acteco
Spanish oil firm Repsol is to work with Spanish recycler Acteco to recycle high quality polyolefins for use in high value applications.
Vietnamese legislators call for tougher rules on waste imports
Vietnamese legislators have requested that new rules be looked at for recycling imports as part of the draft environmental law that is...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 August 2020
There was some heat in the paper/cardboard sector, and some fears about the plastic PRN/PERN for those trading plastic packaging this week.
US packaging firm Sealed Air invests in UK chemical recycling business Plastic Energy
Major US packaging company Sealed Air has invested in the London-headquartered chemical recycling firm Plastic Energy.
Details of the...
INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies sign agreement to recycle polystyrene
A joint agreement has been signed between INEOS Styrolution and Recycling Technologies to recycle polystyrene.
The chemical recycling technology...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 August 2020
Yet again, the plastic recycling trade was dominated by the PRN/PERN price.
With a fall of about £30 per...
Indorama Ventures to buy Polish PET plastic recycler
Thailand's Indorama Ventures has announced it has agreed to purchase Polish PET plastic recycler Industrie Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 31 July 2020
The summer recycling market truly kicked in this week with many taking time off, even if they were not venturing too far...
Ireland’s Shabra Plastics to increase PET recycling capacity to 35,000 tonnes
Investment of €4 million (£3.6 million) will lead to Shabra Plastics increasing its PET recycling capacity to 35,000 tonnes per year.
Reckitt Benckiser to trial direct collection of Vanish and other HDPE bottles for recycling
British cleaning products company Reckitt Benckiser is to trial a system where its Vanish and other HDPE bottles will be collected from...