15.10.2018 − Germany’s waste textiles sector is sailing into increasingly treacherous waters: Uncertainty among market players is growing, with some already describing the situation as a crisis. EUWID sources were predicting a "hot"...» more

04.10.2018 − The new Chinese "environmental protection standards for imported waste as raw material" have fundamentally altered international trade flows for waste plastics. » more

24.09.2018 − In their September price negotiations with scrap dealers, steel mills were occasionally able to achieve considerable price markdowns. "They had the upper hand," one merchant told EUWID. During the summer months, steel...» more

19.09.2018 − The 28 member states of the EU exported significantly less recovered paper to countries outside the European Union in the first half of the year. According to recently released figures from the EU statistical office...» more

24.08.2018 − The market for post-consumer PET bottles continues to be impacted by the summer heatwave.» more

06.08.2018 − PET recyclers in Germany are currently very well supplied with bottles, as arisings continue to grow because of the heatwave.» more

03.08.2018 − Waste wood supplies were relatively tight on the German market until June, but are now more than adequate.» more

17.07.2018 − It was a calm trading month for the German steel scrap trade. "The volumes that came in were also easy to sell. And all at largely unchanged prices," one EUWID respondent said of the current market.» more

09.07.2018 − Germany is currently experiencing plentiful arisings of PET bottles as the warm weather sticks around. There are no PET recyclers in Germany having a hard time sourcing material at the moment. A few were only accepting...» more

05.07.2018 − Italy's recovered paper market was relatively quiet in the month of June. Notwithstanding the volatility evident in the export business, within Italy, prices for ordinary grades held. Buyers reported a little downward...» more

13.06.2018 − German waste textile recyclers are confronted at the moment with volumes of original collected stock that are well above the levels typical for the season. After comparatively little material had landed in collection...» more

07.06.2018 − The waste plastics business in Germany remains difficult to anticipate. Prices for good-quality film scrap increased again on average in May because the dollar gained strength against the euro and supply is still tight....» more

09.05.2018 − In the wake of the China's import restrictions on waste plastics, sizable additional recycling capacities have been brought online in neighbouring countries. In some cases, the new plants belong to Chinese recyclers. » more

19.04.2018 − Following protracted talks, metals recyclers and steel mills agreed on prices for April which point slightly downward or remain on March levels.» more

04.04.2018 − March was a month of normal business for most plastics recyclers in Germany. Prices typically stayed the same as in February amidst decent demand for regranulate and regrind» more

21.03.2018 − The German ferrous scrap business met merchants' expectations in March. Strong demand from steel mills sent ferrous scrap prices climbing back to the level seen in January. » more

07.03.2018 − For the most part, the German market has adapted to the modest price level for waste plastics, which is especially making it more difficult to recycle coloured scrap film. » more

08.02.2018 − Waste plastics prices appear to have bottomed out for the time being on the German market in January. Commercial and industrial waste film is no longer being shipped to China. » more

07.02.2018 − WEEE recyclers in Germany say they have sufficient supplies. However, finding buyers for the plastics recovered from e-scrap continues to be a “major headache” for industry players. » more

06.02.2018 − Most PET recyclers in Germany had good supplies of post-consumer single-use PET bottles from deposit-return systems in January.» more

24.01.2018 − Recovered paper collection volumes in the UK were higher in mid-January than expected, while demand for common grades was lower. » more

16.01.2018 − Price negotiations on the German recovered paper market did not lose any of their intensity in the final month of 2017. Paper mills again sought to secure sizeable markdowns for mass grades, as it had appeared likely...» more

10.01.2018 − There were no meaningful changes in the German waste plastics market towards the end of last year. No film scrap was headed to China in December. While alternative markets such as Vietnam, Malaysia and India accepted...» more

19.12.2017 − The German ferrous scrap industry is ending a profitable 2017 business year with another price increase for scrap. "The steel industry and scrap merchants had a good year. People were finally making money again," a...» more

08.12.2017 − "Parts of the market will have to be reinvented," said a waste plastics merchant in Germany describing the dramatic situation which has followed in the wake of tightened Chinese import regulations. » more

05.12.2017 − November brought little meaningful change for German PET recyclers. While the amount of bottles arriving at recycling plants in the first half of the month rose somewhat, not all recyclers were well supplied and the...» more

21.11.2017 − Following October's price cuts, steel scrap prices moved in the opposite direction in Germany in November. » more

07.11.2017 − A scarcity of post-consumer PET bottles and strong demand for clear flakes, particularly from film manufacturers, were again shaping the German market in October. .» more

02.11.2017 − “There is no oversupply of waste wood, but there is enough material to go around,” market participants told EUWID. » more