Chemicals firm Arkema to buy plastic recycler and compounder Agiplast
French chemicals group Arkema has announced its intention to acquire Italian business Agiplast.
Agiplast has annual sales of €15...
Paul Cox to step down as chief executive of Reconomy
Reconomy Group chief executive Paul Cox has announced his decision to step down as chief executive of the company in January.
EuRIC chief Katrakis to exit after 10 years leading the key body
Emmanuel Katrakis is to leave the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) after a decade at the helm.
£3.2 million funding given to plastic packaging reduction, reuse and recycling
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £3.2 million in funding for 17 projects involved in plastic packaging reduction, reuse and recycling.
Trial assesses print qualities of PP flexible packaging that contains recycled content
Luxembourg-based Flint Group Packaging has been working on a project with the European CEFLEX Quality Recycling Project (QRP) to test whether recycled...
Recycled plastic export report: November 2023
These are the latest HMRC export figures for November 2023 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of more than...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 September 2020
It was a steady recycling market this week with nothing truly dramatic happening for those trading recyclable materials.
There...
Recycled plastic export report: December 2022
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively...
OPRL calls on Government to legislate for simple packaging recycling label
On-pack labelling organisation OPRL is launching a campaign that calls for the Government to legislate for a simple recycling design for packaging.
United States calls on China to halt solid waste import ban in WTO complaint
The United States has complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about China's solid waste import ban and called on it to...