Mark Victory

3 weeks ago | petnology.com | Mark Victory

Regulation has disconnected prices of packaging suitable grades of recycled material from: virgin values grades primarily serving other end-uses feedstock costs. This a pattern repeatedly shown through analysis of the yearly average price spreads against virgin and feedstocks across recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET), recycled high density polyethylene (R-HDPE) and recycled polypropylene (R-PP) markets.

1 month ago | tiretechnologyinternational.com | Mark Victory |Matt Ross

Many major players in the tire production industry are looking to pyrolysis-based chemical recycling to meet ambitious sustainability goals. Nevertheless, regulation such as RED II, and the ‘Fit for 55’ package is driving heavy competition for material from the refinery sector. Chemical recycling is an umbrella term for a number of technologies that alter the molecular structure of end-of-life materials, reverting them back to an earlier state.

2 months ago | sustainableplastics.com | Mark Victory

The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which will come into effect on Feb. 11 after the EU Council voted it through on Dec. 16, is one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the packaging and recycling value chains in decades and is set to fundamentally reshape both industries in the coming decades.

Jan 21, 2025 | petnology.com | Mark Victory

The wide ranging text will introduce: Mandated packaging recyclability Minimum recycled content and reuse targets across packaging – albeit with potential derogations based on availability of recycled material Mandatory deposit return schemes (DRS) and separate packaging collection targets New reporting and labelling obligations The extension of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes A restriction on the placing on the market of food contact packaging containing per- and...

Oct 21, 2024 | recyclingtoday.com | Mark Victory

Imagine you sold a product with no control over how much of it was produced at any one time; that you had to sell it within weeks of it being produced regardless of what the demand for it was like; and that the demand was constantly changing. For most recycling and waste sector managers, no imagination is required—this is their daily reality. And it’s one of the biggest drivers of volatility throughout the plastic recycling chain globally.