Author: Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir

Tonnes of Icelandic plastic exported to be recycled in 2016 are still sitting in a warehouse in Sweden, Stundin reports. The Icelandic Recycling Fund will demand that Swedish recycling company Swerec upholds its commitments regarding Icelandic plastic sent to be recycled, Vísir reports.

Author: Luke Duggleby

Throughout September, hundreds of garbage collectors from Thailand’s Saleng and Recycle Trader Association (SRTA) gathered in Bangkok to protest outside government offices against the continued import of foreign waste.

Author: EUWID Recycling

German waste plastics prices increased across the board in November amid decent demand. Market participants often reported double digit mark-ups in the per tonne prices for regrind and recycled pellet. They attributed the increases to higher freight and energy costs and the scarcity of primary plastics.

Author: Mark Smulian

The Environment Agency (EA) has blamed an "unforeseen technical issue" for errors that greatly exaggerated the number of inspections carried out on waste containers for export.

Plastic waste from Germany has been held up in the Greek port of Piraeus. According to the environmental NGO Basel Action Network (BAN), the waste, originally exported to Turkey, had been destined for Vietnam before being intercepted. Citing the Greek office of the shipping company Cosco, BAN said the loading of the 37 containers had been stopped at the request of Greek customs authorities.

Waste shipment authorities and COSCO shipping lines responded swiftly to a letter sent to them in the Greek port of Piraeus, early this morning by the Basel Action Network (BAN) as part of a coalition effort to prevent European wastes from being exported.