This story originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update.
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This story originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update.
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This story originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Plastics Recycling Update.
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Conrad MacKerron
In the last two years, there has been a positive shift by previously recalcitrant brands to accept the importance of packaging recycling as part of total product life cycle and to commit to increasing packaging recyclability.
The PET package has come a long way since the founding of the National Association for PET Container Resources in October of 1987.
Working with the ever-changing stream of packaging innovations is a constant challenge for the plastics recycling industry.
During the past year, the national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars rose steadily by 68 percent, from 8.6 cents per pound in March 2016 to the current 14.5 cents per pound.
