Secondary Markets Commentary – 2 March 2018
The optimism from the end of last week that this might be an improving week for the recycling market was smothered by a layer...
Asda moves to vacuum-packed mince to slash plastic waste
Asda has become the latest supermarket to move from plastic trays to vacuum-pack film for beef mince packaging.
Calls for Italy to return illegal waste from Tunisia
Environmental Groups have called on the Italian Government to immediately return 282 containers of illegal waste from Tunisia.
The...
Colin Clarke’s fibre report: June 2021
For us in the UK, there is light at the end of the tunnel that we may soon return to normality.
Ireland’s Shabra Plastics to increase PET recycling capacity to 35,000 tonnes
Investment of €4 million (£3.6 million) will lead to Shabra Plastics increasing its PET recycling capacity to 35,000 tonnes per year.
Secondary Markets Commentary – 23 February 2018
There was a little more optimism in the market this week for those trading packaging plastics.
But it was a much tougher market for those in...
Taiwan enforces ban on recycled plastics, mixed paper and news & pam
A ban on imports of recycled plastics, and most grades of paper has been started by the Taiwanese Government.
As reported by REB Market Intelligence...
FEAD calls for global circular trade of recyclable materials, and not more restrictions on...
European waste management umbrella trade association FEAD has called for circular reverse supply chains rather than restrictions on movement of recyclable materials.
Vietnam to introduce new laws on recycling imports
The Government of Vietnam has begun a process that will lead to new laws and regulations developed on the import of recycled materials.
A high-level...
Spain sets end-of-waste criteria for recovered fibre based on UNE-EN 643 standard
The Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO) in Spain has issued a Ministerial Decree that means recovered fibre can be considered end-of-waste if...
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