Plastic

Recycling

Environment Bill brings more producer responsibility and plastic export ban

Paul Sanderson - January 30, 2020

The Government will introduce its Environment Bill before Parliament today that will make manufacturers responsible for the products they bring to market.

Packaging

OPRL says PVC and PS no longer recyclable packaging

Paul Sanderson - January 29, 2020

Packaging recycling label organisation OPRL has developed new rules that mean there mostly becomes a binary Recycle or Don't Recycle label.

EuRIC calls for fiscal instruments to stimulate demand for recycled content

December 4, 2019

Whittard of Chelsea move to 100% cardboard for online delivery

November 21, 2019

Alupro becomes an OPRL guarantor

October 25, 2019

The Recycling Association Conference 2017

Tickets selling fast for The Recycling Association Conference 2019

October 17, 2019

100% rPET recyclable juice bottle developed by KHS

October 16, 2019

Queen’s Speech promises extension of producer responsibility

October 14, 2019

PepsiCo to reduce virgin plastic content by 35% by 2025

September 16, 2019

Viridor Phil Piddington and Pennon Sarah Heald

Viridor to cut plastic exports and recycle all core plastics in...

September 10, 2019

Intelligence - plastic

Intelligence Plastic

Recycled plastic export report: December 2019

Paul Sanderson - February 25, 2020

Please note this report just focuses on the waste polymers of ethylene commodity code (391510), as exports...

Intelligence Economics

Recycling prices and market commentary: 21 February 2020

Paul Sanderson - February 21, 2020

It was steady as she goes for the recycling market this week, but there are fears that shipping container availability will lead...

Recycling prices and market commentary: 14 February 2020

February 14, 2020

adidas to only use recycled polyester from 2024

February 12, 2020

Malaysia has shut down 228 plastic recycling plants

February 12, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 7 February 2020

February 7, 2020

UPM Raflatac develops label with post-consumer and post-industrial recycled plastic content

February 6, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 31 January 2020

January 31, 2020

Recycled plastic export report: November 2019

January 29, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 24 January 2020

January 24, 2020

Malaysia to launch plan for enforcement of plastic import rules

January 21, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 17 January 2020

January 17, 2020

Thailand bans plastics and metals imports into Bangkok port and places...

January 15, 2020

Vietnam issues draft waste laws as part of environmental legislation

January 13, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 10 January 2020

January 10, 2020

New draft of Chinese waste law retains clause on “gradually reducing”...

January 6, 2020

Recycling prices and market commentary: 20 December 2019

December 20, 2019

China set to launch Blue Sky 2020 waste import crackdown and...

December 18, 2019

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