Nearly across the board, October has brought higher prices for bales of scrap plastics. The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars is up again this month. PET is now averaging 8.80 cents per pound, compared with 7.41 cents per pound this time last month. Some regional contracts are still yielding as high as 12.00 cents per...

For MRFs, October has brought generally positive pricing news, with curbside paper and plastic grades increasing in value. In fibers, all of the grades are either up or flat this month. The national average price for corrugated containers (PS 11) has increased again, by $10 per ton. As of October, the price is $73 per ton. This compares with $40...

After hitting some of their lowest prices in years, scrap PET and HDPE bale values have increased this month.

September is bringing some overall positive news for MRFs, with prices for recovered fiber taking a jump and plastics continuing to climb higher.

Curbside high-density polyethylene scrap prices continue to play the limbo game, with each month bringing even lower prices than the last.

Curbside high-density polyethylene scrap prices continue to play the limbo game, with each month bringing even lower prices than the last.

PET and HDPE scrap prices have taken a sudden crash this month, dropping by double-digit percentages.

PET and HDPE prices have taken a sudden crash this month, dropping by double-digit percentages. Luckily for MRFs, most everything else in the curbside mix is holding steady. 

June has brought a widespread drop in prices for baled post-consumer plastic, with PET, HDPE and PP all down significantly. 

June has brought generally bad news for MRFs, with prices for curbside plastics and metals tanking this month. The only real bright spots are the slow but continuing climbs in OCC and mixed paper prices.