Prime and rPET prices have been rising in January, responding to higher feedstock costs and stronger end-user demand. Late last week, business was discussed for bottle-grade prime PET at 56 to 57 cents per pound railcar, delivered Chicago. Clear U.S. Food and Drug Administration post-consumer rPET pellets were at 58 to 59 cents per pound FOB U.S. South, both up...

Prices for recycled CoPP and HoPP flake and pellet were lower at the start of 2017, with the biggest decline seen for CoPP injection-grade repro. This shift was driven by weaker end-user and reprocessor demand and oversupply. Black injection-grade CoPP repro from post-industrial regrind was offered at 40 to 42 cents per pound FOB Midwest, down from nearly 50 cents...

HDPE injection crate regrind prices ended 2016 down 11.5 cents per pound, or 29 percent, from the start of the year in U.S. East Coast markets. Increased internal recycling of HDPE crates by soft drink manufacturers and distributors reduced the volume of crates entering the recycling stream of municipalities and materials recovery facilities and, thus, cut open-market regrind supply but...

Nylon 66 repro and regrind prices were up 4 cents per pound last week on expectations of rallying crude and natural gas prices in December and a resultant rise in feedstock costs. Nylon 66 post-industrial black repro was discussed at 66 to 68 cents per pound and nylon 66 PI unfilled black or mixed colors regrind at 45 to 49...

Prime PET prices were higher in late November due to anticipation that average costs for PET feedstock (raws) will rise in December. This includes PTA, MEG and PX. Average December raws prices are now expected over 50 cents per pound, up from previous estimates of 49 to 49.8 cents per pound. Prime bottle grade PET was discussed at 55 to...

HoPP repro and regrind prices fell last week on an oversupply of recyclable post-industrial and post-consumer PP scrap in many parts of the U.S. HoPP injection grade, mixed colors (MC) regrind sold at 32 to 34 cents per pound delivered East Coast (30 to 32 cents per pound FOB), down 4 cents per pound from a week earlier. HoPP injection...

LDPE and LLDPE film repro prices declined last week as supplies continued to build. Mixed-colors LDPE film repro was discussed at 29 to 30 cents per pound and LLDPE film at 30 to 31 cents per pound, FOB East Coast and Midwest, both down 3 cents per pound. The supply growth, which began last month, is tied to the availability...

Nylon 66 repro and regrind prices fell last week as a force majeure's influence on the feedstocks ADN and HMD dissipated. Nylon 66 PI black repro was discussed at 65 to 68 cents per pound FOB East Coast and flake (unfilled) at 45 to 47 cents per pound, both down 3 cents per pound. The force majeure, at Invista's nylon...

A glut of HDPE HMW scrap, regrind and repro caused prices to fall 2 to 3 cents per pound last week. Dirty flake from drums and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) sold at 18 to 19 cents per pound FOB U.S. South while clean pellets sold at 41 to 43 cents per pound. Isolated repro business was done at 45 cents...

Injection-grade HoPP repro and regrind prices were down 2 cents per pound for the week ended Oct. 21 as recycled material competed with offgrade HoPP for market share. HoPP IM black repro was discussed at 46 to 49 cents per pound with buying interest for good quality offgrade IM HoPP around 48 cents per pound railcar delivered north of Houston...