Nina Goodrich, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
As Plastics Recycling 2017 approaches, we’re offering a series of conversations with industry leaders who will be taking to the stage in New Orleans. Continue Reading
Nina Goodrich, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
As Plastics Recycling 2017 approaches, we’re offering a series of conversations with industry leaders who will be taking to the stage in New Orleans. Continue Reading
Plastic products sold in California with “biodegradable” and “compostable” printed on their labels cost Walmart nearly $1 million in a settlement earlier this month.
Prices for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-sanctioned clear PET pellets moved up a penny last week to 58 to 59 cents per pound on the U.S. East Coast. That upward momentum corresponded with a strengthening in the prime PET market.
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. Continue Reading
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.
Prime and rPET prices have been rising in January, responding to higher feedstock costs and stronger end-user demand.
HoPP injection flake and pellet prices increased 4 to 5 cents per pound last week on robust post-holiday season demand from compounders and auto parts manufacturers. Continue Reading
HDPE post-industrial fractional melt repro and regrind prices increased by 3 to 4 cents per pound last week in eastern U.S. markets, shadowing the price direction of prime HDPE.
A months-long string of rising prices for recovered plastic packaging has continued into February.
As plastic packaging continues to evolve, so too will the testing protocols used to determine recyclability, according to the Association of Plastic Recyclers.