While prices for recovered PET and HDPE have remained steady or increased, post-consumer film values continue to nose-dive.
While prices for recovered PET and HDPE have remained steady or increased, post-consumer film values continue to nose-dive.
China’s import policy changes are straining recovered plastics export markets, particularly impacting mixed rigids. Recycling companies have been forced to stockpile and even landfill the materials, while numerous municipal programs have stopped accepting mixed plastics.
A North American recycling operation will open an e-plastics-focused facility in response to Chinese import restrictions.
Nearly two-thirds of recyclables exported out of California have been bound for China in recent years, and as the Asian behemoth closes its doors to those imports, the state’s recycling industry is feeling the hit.