Prices for recycled post-industrial frac-melt HDPE in mixed-color flake form responded to tepid summer demand and prime prices by consolidating lower last week. Prices ranged from 31 to 36 cents per pound FOB for locations in the Midwest, East Coast and Ontario versus 36 to 38 cents per pound FOB those locations a week earlier. On the pellet side, HDPE...

Nylon 66 recycled resin prices are expected to trend higher following the news late last week that fiber maker Invista intends to discontinue nylon 66 production at a Tennessee plant. The nylon 66 phaseout at the Chattanooga operation will occur during the remainder of 2016 and into 2017. Other businesses at the plant will not be affected, and the company...

Both homopolymer and copolymer injection grade polypropylene pellet and flake prices fell last week. HoPP black and mixed color regrind was offered at 34 cents per pound FOB U.S. East Coast, as was CoPP black rergrind, both down 2 cents per pound. Softer demand and competition from prime material contributed to the weakness in recycled, with CoPP black pellets offered...

Nylon 66 post-industrial (PI) black repro sold last week at 65 cents per pound FOB East Coast, up a penny from the previous week. Nylon 6 PI repro was at 55 cents per pound. Natural fiber PI nylon 66 regrind, meanwhile, was done at 50 cents per pound and mixed luster nylon 66 regrind sold for 45 cents per pound,...

HDPE post-consumer natural pellet prices surged last week on high natural scrap prices. Business was reported done as high as 76 cents per pound FOB in the southern U.S. for monthly contract orders. Spot offers were 75 cents per pound FOB U.S. South, up from the previous week's 73 cents per pound. Natural scrap was firm last week at 40...

Recycled PVC buying interest from pipe manufacturers and compounders has improved since mid-May. Last week mixed colors pipe-grade regrind was offered at 24 cents per pound delivered U.S. East Coast. Better demand and higher prime PVC prices are encouraging sellers’ optimism. In the prime PVC market, producers say demand has been stronger than anyone anticipated so far this year, and...

The anticipated increase in June bale availability did not materialize last week, and this kept prices for HDPE dairy pellets firm at 70 cents per pound FOB U.S. East Coast. Business was reported done at 75 cents per pound delivered U.S. South. HDPE natural bales were sold at 40.75 cents per pound last week at the Solid Waste Authority’s May...

Recycled polypropylene markets were stable in the week leading to Memorial Day weekend, but if the prime polypropylene market is any indication, recycled prices could be heading lower in coming weeks. Prime polypropylene prices were lower last week as the market remained oversupplied, especially for HoPP grades. In the prime PP contract market, a supplier notified customers last week of...

PET bales from bottles and containers collected curbside were sold at 11 to 11.5 cents per pound FOB U.S. East Coast late last week, up 0.75 cents per pound due to tighter supply in some regional markets. Meanwhile, bale prices were softer on the West Coast. California supply outstripped demand and Grade A bales were done at 14 cents per...

Demand for mix-colored, pipe-grade regrind PVC is picking up with the arrival of warmer weather and increased construction. Last week material was offered at 15 cents per pound delivered East Coast and some felt the market was poised to increase further. March prices remained unsettled in the prime PVC market, leaving pipe grade quoted at 58 to 61 cents per pound...