Downbeat assessment of paper markets from BIR
Demand for paper is flat and the reel market has failed to mirror its levels of 2018, the Bureau of…
Posts from Robin Latchem
New Pratt mill gets Trump seal of approval
US President Donald Trump has formally opened a large new containerboard mill in Ohio that is due to start production…
Recycle cars as much as cans
The UK’s largest network of authorised treatment facilities for end-of-life vehicles says the country’s national Recycle Week was ‘a great…
Leaders call for end to tariff war
Four leading finance ministers have called on the US and China to resolve their tariff war differences, saying: ‘Uncertainty over…
Ferrous scrap market slumps in the UK
UK scrap dealers are being hit by a significant fall in ferrous prices that is being attributed to lower demand…
Viridor to end plastic scrap exports
One of Britain’s biggest management companies has pledged to recycle and process all of the plastic waste it handles within…
Trafficking conspiracy shakes UK recycling sector
A former senior police officer who helped smash a criminal gang making millions from modern slavery at recycling facilities in…
Suppliers warned over hard-to-recycle products
International supermarket giant Tesco is cracking down on suppliers whose products are hard to recycle or cannot currently be recycled….
Paper exporters appeal to Indonesia
A joint US-UK mission is in Indonesia following the imposition of tighter quality inspections of loads of scrap paper arriving…
Carbon black recovery expert buys into the US
Scandinavian Enviro Systems is to set up a holding company in the USA to help establish co-owned tyre recycling plants…
Lunch recycling challenge for Canadian schools
Schoolchildren across Canada are being encouraged to recycle the packaging from popular lunch snack brands to redeem cash for their…
