Recycled plastic export report: May 2021
Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports of other plastics are relatively...
Weekly flexible-plastics collections twice as effective as fortnightly
Frequency of collection is a key determinant of participation in kerbside collection schemes for flexible plastics, a key report has revealed.
Recycled paper export report: September 2019
Global exports of OCC fell in September for the third month running as global demand for cardboard seemed to wane, according to...
US building paper pulp mills with China as its customer
As China prepares to shut its doors to imports of recycled paper at the end of this year, companies in the United...
DS Smith investigating seaweed as alternative paper fibre source
Paper and cardboard packaging producer DS Smith is looking to see if seaweed can be used as an alternative fibre source to...
International Paper advances on £5bn takeover bid for DS Smith
In a significant development in the paper and packaging industry, US-based International Paper is reportedly close to announcing a formal offer for...
Australian Government introduces legislation to ban export of recycled paper, plastic and glass
The Australian Government has introduced The Recycling and Waste Bill 2020 into its Parliament that will ban exports of unprocessed paper, plastic,...
Defra outlines Simpler Recycling and how every household and business will have same materials...
Defra has outlined some of the detail of its Simpler Recycling programme as well as a crackdown on illegal waste operators.
Recycled paper export report: January 2020
Indian imports of UK recovered paper were the highest ever recorded in January 2020, according to the latest HMRC export data.
Turkey overtaking Far East as destination for recyclables, says boss of its recycling association
Turkey is overtaking the Far East as a key destination for recyclable materials, according to Türkiye Recycling Association chair Fatih Eren.