by Gillian Bardsley | May 13, 2025 | Industry Insights
Our review of the paper recycling sector for May 2025. The increased demand and subsequent price increases seen last month, have reduced with a fall in pricing for exports to the far east. However, collections of recovered paper remain extremely low across Europe and...
by Gillian Bardsley | Apr 23, 2025 | Bulletins, Industry Insights
As predicted in March, the low collections of recovered fibre across Europe have meant that we have seen significant recovered paper pricing increases worldwide. Packaging grades in Europe like OCC and Mixed have climbed quickly with large % increases. For tissue...
by Gillian Bardsley | Mar 17, 2025 | Bulletins
At the end of February the price for recovered paper in the packaging sector increased across mainland Europe. This is in response to the fact that OCC and mixed paper is in short supply. For the past two months we have seen strong buying from the Far East as the...
by Gillian Bardsley | Feb 26, 2025 | Case Studies, News
Smiths News identified an opportunity to offer their clients an easier way to recycle. With the logistical infrastructure already existing, establishing a fit-for-purpose recycling system was good, added value use of their resources. They wanted to provide...
by Gillian Bardsley | Feb 25, 2025 | Bulletins, Industry Insights
Market conditions in 2024 continued to be tough for the recycling industry as a whole and we, along with others, had to manage reduced margins and volume. However, there are reasons for Genus Recycling to be optimistic as we take on 2025. A small uptick in demand and...
