The commodities market downturn continues to punish MRFs, with plummeting prices for OCC, mixed paper, PET and HDPE this month.

August has brought precipitous drops in pricing for PET, color HDPE and polypropylene bales.

August has brought increasingly gloomy recyclables markets, with major drops in the pricing of PET, mixed paper, color HDPE and polypropylene.

July has seen sweeping drops in the value of PET, HDPE and PP, according to the latest pricing survey.

July has seen wholesale drops in the value of PET, HDPE, PP and UBC, according to the latest pricing survey.

Prices for bales of post-consumer PET bottles have fallen by over 5% since mid-May.

The price of post-consumer aluminum cans took a tumble over the past month, although the value of most other key curbside materials held steady. 

Prices for bales of post-consumer film have experienced notable increases this month, but PET, HDPE and PP container prices are relatively flat.

This month has brought relative calm to markets, with post-consumer recyclables bale prices largely flat except for a few modest changes.

All grades of commonly sorted curbside plastic experienced substantial price increases this month.