Martin Robb’s plastic report: May 2021
The plastic market has remained buoyant over the past couple of months.
Demand has remained high for all grades...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 5 August 2022
For paper and plastic grades it was another week where prices dropped by quite a bit.
In the case...
Export trends March to May
This guide looks at past exports from UK to worldwide destinations.
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May
On the surface, the average amount of exports over the last three years looks...
Indonesia introduces 2% contamination limit on recycled paper and plastics
A 2% contamination limit has been introduced on imports of recycled paper and plastics into Indonesia.
A decree by...
Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 February 2020
Recycled plastics and paper packaging grades saw some uplift this week due to the increase of the PRN/PERN for both.
Biffa to supply UK arm of ALPLA with rPET
Biffa has revealed that it will supply the UK arm of Austrian plastic packaging firm ALPLA with rPET.
From...
Vietnamese Government to monitor paper mills that take UK material
A special draft project has been unveiled by the Vietnamese Government that will monitor the waste and pollutants coming out of 28 major industrial...
Analysis: what impact is Brexit having on trade of recyclate into Europe?
The UK and EU ended the Brexit transition period at the end of 2020. But how is the deal between the two...
Colgate set to launch fully recyclable HDPE toothpaste tubes globally by 2025
Colgate-Palmolive will launch fully recyclable HDPE toothpaste tubes around the world by 2025.
In late 2019, Colgate began the...
South Korea bans recycled plastic imports due to Covid-19, plus requires notification on paper...
South Korea has banned recycled plastic imports after revealing that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an excess of the material.
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