The reprocessing and exporting figures released on 22 April gave the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) supply position for the first quarter of this compliance year and are an indication of what might be in store in the year ahead. When comparing the latest quarter with Q1 2013, PRN production overall is down 94,437 tonnes, nearly 6%. Materials which have seen a growth in reported supply are glass other (4.57%), glass remelt (7.91%) and plastic (2793%). Those which have contracted are paper (-2.29%), aluminium (-6.33%), steel (-27.28%), wood (-6.49%) and recovery (-49.66%).
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