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£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.

LyondellBasell and EEW sign deal to extract plastics from energy from waste feedstocks

A strategic partnership has been signed between Dutch chemical firm LyondellBasell and German company EEW Energy from Waste to investigate extracting plastics...

Food and Drink Federation warn of centralised and costly Extended Producer Responsibility system

The Food and Drink Federation has said that the Government's proposed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system is too centralised and costly.
Cardboard OCC

Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 March 2023

OCC and plastic bottle grades both jumped up this week on the back of spring demand. As we head...

LyondellBasell to buy Italian plastics recycler Mepol Group

A definitive agreement has been signed for chemical company LyondellBasell to acquire Italian plastics recycling firm Mepol Group. Mepol...

Italy’s Garbo set to build country’s first plastic chemical recycling plant with Saipem

Italian chemical recovery company Garbo has signed a deal with engineering firm Saipem to built the first plastic chemical recycling plant in...

Fost Plus to build new PP and HDPE recycling plant in Belgium

Belgian packaging recycling scheme Fost Plus has announced that it is building a new plastic recycling plant in Belgium that will specialise...
Bales of OCC cardboard for recycling

Recycling prices and commentary: 17 March 2023

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Markets were generally pretty flat this week, and where there was movement tended to be because of changes in the PRN/PERN market...

Recycled plastic export report: January 2023

Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively...
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Recycled paper export report: January 2023

January 2023 was a very strong month for exports of OCC and mixed paper, but weaker for news & pams.
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