Feedstock market assessment

Feedstock markets

Ceres WRE specialises in bespoke feedstock market assessments for infrastructure project developers and operators. We provide data-driven insights to support feedstock contract negotiations, helping you stay informed on current market conditions and future trends.

Expert feedstock market assessments

Our Directors are recognised for their commercial insight and strategic approach to waste and renewable feedstock markets. We deliver granular analysis across a wide range of waste streams, including:

Residual waste, refuse derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF)
Recycling streams including plastics
Prepared and unprepared feedstocks for chemical recycling and waste-to-X technologies (e.g., Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), recycled and renewable fuels)
Waste wood
Organic streams including food waste, prepared ‘soups’ and industrial wastes

Why Choose Ceres?

Ceres WRE combines industry expertise, policy knowledge, and extensive data resources to deliver actionable intelligence:

Comprehensive waste data analysis: Detailed insights on feedstock arisings, flows, composition, and location.
Policy and regulatory expertise: Understanding of current and proposed legislation impacting feedstock availability and pricing.
Infrastructure intelligence: Access to a robust database of waste-fed renewable energy plants, recycling facilities, and emerging projects in the UK and internationally.
Pricing and gate fee benchmarking: Current market rates and regional variations for diverse feedstocks.
Offtake market analysis: Guidance on product markets, regulatory drivers, pricing structures, and incentive scheme

Our proven approach

Our approach to feedstock market assessment

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Our services support renewable energy developers, waste management operators, chemical recycling innovators, and investors seeking clarity on feedstock supply chains, market dynamics, and value chain economics.

Who we serve

“Ceres has been a trusted partner on our development projects for several years, supporting us at different stages with everything from policy, legislation and regulation, to offtake demand, funder due diligence, feedstock markets and end-of-waste advice. What really sets them apart is their flexible, hands-on approach and their willingness to work alongside us as the project evolves. In particular, Simone and Jamie have taken the time to really understand our projects and the challenges we’re working through, and their pragmatic advice and quick responses have made a genuine difference to how smoothly things progress. We value not only the depth and breadth of their expertise, but also how approachable they are and the clear, practical guidance they provide whenever we need it”

— Tom Field, VP Expansion and Development, Clean Planet Energy

Selected track record

German and wider UK market for chemical recycling

2024 - Ceres carried out a detailed plastic packaging market analysis of the German market to investigate the investment opportunities into a pyrolysis technology. This included detailed arisings, competition and pricing analysis of feedstock and output markets in Germany and Europe as well as client support during a site visit and management discussions.
Residual waste market assessment for an EfW Operator in the NE of England

2025 - Ceres undertook a detailed market assessment and feedstock supplier assessment for an EfW project in the north of England. The assessment included a review of commercial aspects of the project related to feedstock and covered policy elements such as the potential impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on the contract and fuel supply..
Waste wood market assessment - availability and pricing

2024 - The client, a biomass energy generation operator, requested an update on the current waste wood market in the UK, focusing on availability of wood and updating pricing data for the value chain.
Market assessment for metals recycling - Western England & Wales

2024 - Ceres produced a detailed assessment of the market for metals recycling in the south of England and Wales to inform strategic business planning being undertaken by the client. The assessment quantified arisings and analyses the flow of metals though sites and to recycling points, both in the UK and overseas.
Clinical waste market assessment - UK wide

The client required a market assessment for clinical waste in the Midlands to inform and support the re-development of a clinical waste incineration plant. The assessment considered waste arisings, policy landscape, market structure, procurement of offtakers by waste producers, including the NHS, and the identification of potential feedstock partners.
Analysis of the AD feedstock market in UK regions

Ceres undertook detailed AD feedstock market assessments for three catchments in the UK. We provided market intelligence to the client, a significant logistics provider, to understand the availability of food waste and other AD feedstocks from households and commercial and industrial sources. We advised on the value chains for feedstock, including AD ‘soup’ and provided a breakdown of feedstock pricing/gate fees and projected trends.