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PRN Prices Archive — January 2003 onwards

Prices

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For PRN prices from October 2000 to December 2002,
see: October 2000 onwards

2003-2006 PRN Prices:

January - June 2003	January - June 2005
July - December 2003	July - December 2005
January - June 2004	January 2006 onwards
July - December 2004	July - December 2006
	January - June 2007

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2003

	January 2003	February 2003	March 2003	April 2003	May 2003	June 2003
Glass	15 - 19	15 - 19	13 - 18	10 - 15	10 - 12	8 - 10
Paper	12 - 15	12 - 15	10 - 15	9 - 13	6 - 11	6 - 11
Aluminium	18 - 22	18 - 22	18 - 22	12 - 16	10 - 14	10 - 12
Steel	14 - 16	14 - 16	13 - 16	10 - 15	9 - 11	7 - 10
Plastics	10 - 12	14 - 18	14 - 18	9 - 12	9 - 11	7 - 10
Mixed - energy recovery	12 - 15	12 - 15	12 - 15	10 - 12	8 - 11	7 - 10
Wood	12 - 15	12 - 15	12 - 15	8 - 12	7 - 11	7 - 10

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
July - December 2003

	July 2003	August 2003	September 2003	October 2003	November 2003	December 2003
Glass	5 - 9	6 - 11	7 - 11	7 - 10	7 - 10	8 - 11
Paper	4 - 8	3 - 6	3 - 6	2 - 5	2 - 5	2 - 5
Aluminium	10 - 12	10 - 12	10 - 13	10 - 12	9 - 12	12 - 15
Steel	6 - 9	6 - 9	6 - 9	4 - 7	2 - 5	4 - 7
Plastics	5 - 8	5 - 7	4 - 7	3 - 6	3 - 6	3 - 6
Mixed - energy recovery	5 - 8	5 - 6	4 - 6	2 - 6	2 - 6	3 - 6
Wood	5 - 8	5 - 7	4 - 6	2 - 6	2 - 6	3 - 6

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2004

	January 2004	February 2004	March 2004	April 2004	May 2004	June 2004
Glass	17 - 23	18 - 23	18 - 23	18 - 22	20 - 24	23 - 27
Paper	7 - 9	7 - 9	8 - 9	7 - 9	8 - 10	9 - 10
Aluminium	20 - 25	21 - 26	21 - 26	20 - 25	21 - 26	21 - 26
Steel	10 - 15	10 - 15	11 - 15	11 - 15	11 - 15	12 - 16
Plastics	6 - 9	6 - 9	6 - 9	7 - 9	8 - 10	8 - 10
Mixed - energy recovery	4 - 7	4 - 7	4 - 7	2 - 5	2 - 4	2 - 4
Wood	4 - 7	6 - 8	6 - 8	6 - 8	7 - 9	8 - 10

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
July - December 2004

	July 2004	August 2004	September 2004	October 2004	November 2004	December 2004
Glass	22 - 27	20 - 25	16 - 18	15 - 18	13 - 16	7 - 10
Paper	9 - 10	8 - 10	7 - 9	5 - 7	5 - 7	7 - 10
Aluminium	23 - 28	24 - 29	22 - 25	22 - 25	22 - 25	33 - 36
Steel	14 - 16	15 - 17	16 - 18	16 - 18	16 - 18	33 - 36
Plastics	8 - 10	9 - 11	11 - 13	15 - 17	22 - 25	30 - 40
Mixed - energy recovery	2 - 4	2 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2
Wood	8 - 10	8 - 10	6 - 8	5 - 7	5 - 7	6 - 9

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2005

	January 2005	February 2005	March 2005	April 2005	May 2005	June 2005
Glass	10 - 12	12 - 15	17 - 20	17 - 20	17 - 20	18 - 20
Paper	10 - 12	10 - 12	10 - 11	11 - 12	11 - 12	12 - 14
Aluminium	25 - 30	35 - 45	37 - 50	50 - 60	65 - 75	80 - 90
Steel	25 - 30	35 - 45	37 - 50	43 - 53	65 - 75	70 - 80
Plastics	32 - 36	35 - 50	37 - 50	35 - 55	60 - 70	70 - 80
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3
Wood	8 - 10	10 - 12	10 - 11	11 - 12	11 - 12	12 - 14

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
July - December 2005

	July 2005	August 2005	September 2005	October 2005	November 2005	December 2005
Glass	18 - 20	17 - 19	14 - 16	14 - 15	14 - 15	10 - 12
Paper	13 - 15	13 - 15	12 - 14	13 - 14	12 - 14	10 - 11
Aluminium	65 - 110	75 - 150	70 - 200	70 - 250	70 - 250	70 - 250
Steel	78 - 100	120 - 130	130 - 160	120 - 200	120 - 195	120 - 190
Plastics	65 - 70	48 - 58	38 - 45	38 - 45	39 - 45	39 - 43
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3
Wood	13 - 15	13 - 15	12 - 14	13 - 14	13 - 14	12 - 13

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2006

	January 2006	February 2006	March 2006	April 2006	May 2006	June 2006
Glass	19 - 24	20 - 27	24 - 27	25 - 30	25 - 30	19 - 25
Paper	8 - 12	8 - 12	7 - 10	8 - 9	7 - 9	6 - 8
Aluminium	70 - 200	100 - 150	80 - 140	100 - 150	90 - 130	70 - 90
Steel	140 - 160	70 - 120	50 - 100	70 - 80	40 - 65	30 - 40
Plastics	25 - 35	25 - 32	24 - 30	26 - 30	24 - 26	15 - 20
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	2 - 3	2 - 3
Wood	8 - 12	8 - 12	8 - 11	8 - 9	7 - 9	6 - 8

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
July - December 2006

	July 2006	August 2006	September 2006	October 2006	November 2006	December 2006
Glass	18 - 24	17 - 25	8 - 15	7 - 14	12 - 15	12 - 15
Paper	4 - 6	3 - 5	3 - 4	2 - 4	1 - 3	1 - 3
Aluminium	35 - 45	35 - 40	25 - 30	24 - 30	15 - 17	8 - 15
Steel	25 - 35	15 - 20	10 - 20	8 - 15	5 - 15	2 - 5
Plastics	13 - 15	9 - 11	7 - 11	5 - 9	4 - 7	2 - 4
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	2 - 4	2 - 4	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 - 3
Wood	4 - 6	3 - 5	3 - 4	2 - 4	1 - 3	1 - 3

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2007

	January 2007	February 2007	March 2007	April 2007	May 2007	June 2007
Glass	16 - 19	20 - 25	21 - 25	22 - 27	25 - 27	25 - 27
Paper	1 - 3	3 - 4	3 - 4	2 - 4	3 - 4	3 - 4
Aluminium	18 - 20	20 - 25	20 - 24	22 - 30	23 - 30	22 - 30
Steel	8 - 11	8 - 11	8 - 11	10 - 12	10 - 12	10 - 12
Plastics	5 - 7	6 - 8	5 - 7	7 - 9	9 - 11	10 - 12
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3
Wood	1 - 3	3 - 4	3 - 4	2 - 4	3 - 4	3 - 4

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
July - December 2007

	July 2007	August 2007	September 2007	October 2007	November 2007	December 2007
Glass	25 - 27	20 - 25	18 - 24	19 - 25	10 - 16	7 - 10
Paper	3 - 4	2 - 4	1 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	0 - 1
Aluminium	22 - 32	25 - 35	30 - 50	50 - 90	50 - 90	40 - 50
Steel	8 - 10	7 - 10	7 - 10	4 - 7	3 - 6	3 - 5
Plastics	12 - 15	13 - 17	12 - 15	12 - 14	10 - 13	8 - 10
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 2
Wood	3 - 4	2 - 4	1 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	0 - 1

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£ per PRN/one tonne of material
January - June 2008

	January 2008	February 2008	March 2008	April 2008	May 2008	June 2008
Glass	20 - 25	16 - 22	18 - 24	18 - 21	19 - 22
Paper	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 - 3	2 - 4	2 - 3
Aluminium	40 - 50	50 - 100	60 - 85	60 - 70	65 - 75
Steel	13 - 15	14 - 16	14 - 16	10 - 15	11 - 15
Plastics	11 - 15	15 - 20	15 - 20	15 - 20	18 - 22
Mixed - energy recovery	1 - 3	1 - 3	1 - 2	1 - 2	2 - 3
Wood	2 - 4	2 - 3	2 - 3	2 - 4	2 - 4

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