MEPs recommend tougher waste shipment rules including eventual plastic export ban
Members of the European Parliament's Environment Committee have put forward their position on European waste shipments that could eventually lead to a...
Packaging firm uses 800t of recycled plastic through Blockchain initiative
Packaging producer Klöckner Pentaplast has revealed that it used more than 800 tonnes of recycled PET last year through a high-tech partnership with a Blockchain-platform provider.
Indian paper and metal recyclers at risk of bankruptcy warns trade association
Around 6,000 Indian paper and metal recycling businesses are at risk of going bust, according to the Materials Recycling Association of India...
Retailer Lush introduces its own plastic packaging deposit return scheme
Cosmetics retailer Lush has launched a scheme that will pay customers for returning its plastic packaging back to its stores.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 October 2019
Low OCC prices are becoming an increasing concern for the recycling market at present.
With the price dropping again,...
Nine Dragons Paper scaling up wood pulp and fibre production following China ban
Chinese paper mill group Nine Dragons Paper has revealed that it will have 3 million tonnes of wood pulp production capacity by...
Corplex buys French recycling business GeboPlast
Plastic packaging business Corplex has acquired French plastic recycler GeboPlast.
GeboPlast will now be known as Corplex Recycling and...
Fraunhofer, SABIC and P&G trialling chemical recycling of single-use face masks
The Fraunhofer Institute, SABIC and Procter & Gamble (P&G) have worked together to trial the chemical recycling of single-use face masks.
Geminor produce stretch film for baling from 100% recycled mainly agricultural plastic content
Resource management firm Geminor has been involved in the production of a new type of stretch film that is made from 100%...
Will slowing manufacturing growth slow demand for recycled materials?
Manufacturing growth appears to be slowing across most of the major economies, according to the latest set of purchasing managers' indices.
For those supplying recycled...