Markets

Ben Brown
Insufficient AD capacity for mandatory food waste collections
By
Ben Brown
| 23 February 2023 |
the challenges involved in meeting the government’s mandatory food waste collection requirement by April 2025
Eye on the paper markets
Defining standards for paper and board
By
Dimitra Rappou
| 22 December 2022 |
Dimitra Rappou, the Confederation of Paper Industries, looks at updates from the paper industry
Louise Grantham
The road ahead for WEEE
By
Louise Grantham
| 12 May 2022 |
By Louise Grantham, Chief Executive of REPIC
Tim Gent
Ongoing volatility for recycled glass
By
Tim Gent
| 12 May 2022 |
Tim Gent, Director of Recresco, on the impact of the pandemic and incoming regulatory changes on today's glass market.
Ralf Schöpwinkel
Lockdown hits RDF market
By
Ralf Schöpwinkel
| 29 April 2021 |
COO Ralf Schöpwinkel at Geminor argues 2021 will be a tough year for the European EfW sector as the third wave of COVID hits the waste industry
An image of Rick Hindley
An eye on the markets: Transparently circular
By
Rick Hindley
| 27 April 2020 |
Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, provides the lowdown on the markets for recycled aluminium packaging
Baled paper
An eye on the markets: New world order of quality
By
Herman van der Meij
| 11 December 2019 |
Herman van der Meij, Managing Director RCP Export (Global) for DS Smith, gives an update on the market for recovered fibre market for PRNs.
Angus Macpherson, Managing Director of The Environment Exchange
An eye on the markets: A challenge of note
By
Angus Macpherson
| 13 September 2019 |
Angus Macpherson, Managing Director of The Environment Exchange, gives an update on the market for PRNs 
An eye on the markets: Uncertain times for textiles
An eye on the markets: Uncertain times for textiles
By
Alan Wheeler
| 18 June 2019 |
Alan Wheeler, Director of the Textile Recycling Association, considers how changes at home and abroad are influencing the textiles market
Julia Turner
An eye on the markets: Biomass market appeal
By
Julia Turner
| 7 March 2019 |
Julia Turner, Executive Director of the Wood Recyclers' Association, gives an update on the market for waste wood.
Eye on the markets: Organic matters
Eye on the markets: Organic matters
By Resource |
3 January 2019 |
Resource talks to Iain Pickles, Head of Sales at Biogen, about the state of the organics recycling market and its future outlook.
An eye on the markets: Canned heat
An eye on the markets: Canned heat
By
Rick Hindley
| 21 September 2018 |
Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, examines the drivers behind the continued upward trend in aluminium recycling.
An eye on the markets: Bringing fibre home
By
Peter Seggie
| 16 May 2018 |
Peter Seggie, External Affairs Manager at Smurfit Kappa Recycling UK, sees a positive outlook for the European fibre recycling industry.
An eye on the markets: PET projections
An eye on the markets: PET projections
By
Martin Hargreaves
| 20 February 2018 |
Martin Hargreaves, Managing Director of Plastipak Europe, gives an update on the recycled PET plastic market.
An eye on the markets: Textile crowding
An eye on the markets: Textile crowding
By
Alan Wheeler
| 17 November 2017 |
Alan Wheeler, Director of the Textile Recycling Association, gives an update on the used clothing and textile recycling market.
Price Index: May - April 2017
Price Index: May - April 2017
By Resource |
31 July 2017 |
See how prices for recovered materials including glass, metal, recovered fibrem, textiles and plastic have changed over the past year.
Through the mill
Eye on the markets: Recycled paper goes through the mill
By
Simon Walker
| 6 June 2017 |
Simon Walker, Head of RCP UK at paper company UPM provides an update on the recycled paper market and what impact China's National Sword campaign is likely to have.