Industry responds to Defra’s views on Extended Producer Responsibility consultation
Stakeholders from the recycling industry have responded to the publication of the Government's response to the views shared in the Extended Producer...
Government to set up taskforce to come up with new business waste collection proposals
The Government has announced that it will set up an industry taskforce to develop new business waste collection proposals.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 25 March 2022
Is there a limit on how high plastic prices can go? There must be but it was another week of big jumps...
Recycled plastic export report: January 2022
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 2022
OCC and mixed paper exports were up in January, but news & pams exports fell for the second month in a row.
Nine Dragons reports lower profits as rising costs hit
Chinese mill group Nine Dragons has reported lower profits in its 2021/22 Interim Report.
Gross profits fell 27.5% to...
Eren outline plans for almost 1 million tonnes of paper production capacity at Shotton...
Turkish mill group Eren has revealed its plans for producing almost 1 million tonnes of containerboard and tissue at its Shotton mill.
Recycling prices and market commentary: 18 March 2022
With the exception of PET bottles, it was a week where the market tried to work out what was going to happen...
Lee & Man report lower profits due to rising costs
Chinese mill group Lee & Man has said that profits were down 11% in its 2021 financial year as a result of...
Ben Richardson on the PRN market
Since the last report the world has been turned upside with everything that is well documented in the media with the world...