Scrap natural and color HDPE prices have increased by 32% and 40% over the past month, continuing a recent rebounding in plastic bale prices.

Prices for fiber bales are still searching for rock bottom this fall, with OCC down by about 25% over the past month. PET and HDPE bales are showing notable price increases, however. The national average price for corrugated containers (PS 11) dropped $10 per ton, from an average $40 per ton last month to a current average of $30 per...

Recovered fiber prices have crumbled this month, with OCC values cut in half and mixed paper dropping into negative territory for the first time in over two years.

The commodities market downturn continues this month, with plummeting prices for bales of PET, HDPE and PP.

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.