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.
ALPLA, Ecohelp and United Polymer Trading open PET recycling plant in Romania
Austrian company ALPLA has worked with partners to open an 18,000 tonnes per year PET recycling facility in Romania.
Investment made in one of Europe’s largest PET recycling plants
A total investment of €35 million (£30.5 million) is being made to construct a new PET recycling plant in Latvia.
Malaysia to impose import fee on plastic recyclers from June
The Malaysian Government will impose an import fee on plastic recycling starting in June.
From this date, those importing...
China set to publish law on banning imports of recyclable materials
The Chinese Government has said it expects to publish its revised Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes law soon.
Shipping of recyclable materials resumes from US to China
CCIC North America has confirmed that the temporary ban on shipping recyclable materials from the United States to China has now ended.
In a letter...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 6 July 2018
Exporting recycled materials is becoming increasingly challenging as more and more countries refuse to take material, particularly plastics.
With China shut to plastics, Thailand and...
Future ‘not promising’ warns international recycling chief
Recycling companies across Europe are "struggling" with high costs and low demand, a leading figure has warned.
Mondi agrees to buy Turkish mill group from International Paper
Global packaging group Mondi has agreed to purchase Turkish firm Olmuksan International Paper Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret from International Paper for €66...
SUEZ, Mars, Nestlé and others call for flexible packaging to be a core material...
SUEZ, Mars, Nestlé, Taylors of Harrogate and Ella's Kitchen have called for flexible packaging to be collected as a core material from...