£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.
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...
Recycling prices and commentary: 17 March 2023
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...
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.