by Gillian Bardsley | Jul 10, 2025 | Bulletins, Industry Insights
At the end of June, the packaging market in the Far East saw increased demand and a small increase in pricing by up to £5.00 per tonne and good orders. Conversely, in Europe we have seen high mill stocks, poor order books and falling pricing in packaging grades. Also,...
by Gillian Bardsley | Jun 16, 2025 | Bulletins, Industry Insights
paper recycling – Market Report The recycling market remains finely balanced; packaging grades demand and pricing has fallen in both Europe and the Far East. This is driven by good stocks in the European mills and the Far East re-entering the American market as...
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 | 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...
by Gillian Bardsley | Feb 10, 2025 | Bulletins, Industry Insights
Market Report January saw pricing for packaging, and in particular OCC, increase. As confirmed last month, this was because of the fear of tariffs and far east buyers repositioning their purchasing from the US to Europe. This has also had an effect in Europe as the...
