Waste Management’s latest sustainability report delves into factors impacting the plastics recycling industry as a whole, including fluctuating markets, sustainable materials management, technological advances and more.
Waste Management’s latest sustainability report delves into factors impacting the plastics recycling industry as a whole, including fluctuating markets, sustainable materials management, technological advances and more.
The weight of plastic bottles collected for recycling continued to decrease in the U.S. in 2017, contributing to the third straight year of a declining recycling rate.
Markets for post-consumer PET and HDPE have shown stability, while the price of color HDPE has recently increased.
PET prices have dropped slightly, but another key curbside plastic, natural HDPE, continues to coast along at high levels.
Bales of PET continue to rise in value, while natural HDPE prices fall slightly but remain at a relatively high level.
A Utah recycling company is targeting bales of resins Nos. 1-7, possibly filling a critical void in the plastics recovery chain.
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