The price of natural HDPE has decreased by nearly 5% over the past month, but color HDPE and PET have shown stability.
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The price of natural HDPE has decreased by nearly 5% over the past month, but color HDPE and PET have shown stability.
The price of natural HDPE has continued to drop and now sits well below its position a year ago, but recovered PET values have remained constant.
GreenBlue’s Laura Thompson presents at SPC Impact.
Hundreds of packaging stakeholders came together last week in Seattle to talk sustainability. And recycling factored into the conversation in a number of ways.
A half-million dollars is up for grabs as part of a recycling market development competition launched in New York City. The entrepreneur behind the effort recently provided more details on the initiative.
Researchers overseas say high-impact polystyrene from scrap electronics can be used as a replacement for sand in self-compacting concrete.
For decades, an index has reported prices for recovered plastics in Canada’s most populous province. The group behind the sheet recently evaluated how it compares with other market reports.
Industry stakeholders are pushing back against revived national media focus on the pressures facing U.S. recycling markets. Although those stresses are real, experts emphasize there is another side to the story.
Chris Cui on stage at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference and Trade Show.
Although the recycling relationship between the U.S. and China was hampered by scrap material restrictions, an expert says companies in both countries can help each other.
The price of post-consumer natural HDPE tumbled by 23 percent over the past month, putting the value below what it was a year ago. Other key curbside plastics have shown recent stability.
This story has been updated.
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