Prices for recycled LDPE and LLDPE, film grade, moved sharply higher last week, following the upward movement in the prime market.
Prices for recycled LDPE and LLDPE, film grade, moved sharply higher last week, following the upward movement in the prime market.
The Container Recycling Institute has called on California to increase the fees it pays to redemption centers to cover the cost of recycling PET beverage containers.
In recent months, a number of communities in North America have inched closer to exploring mixed-waste processing, while other projects have hit roadblocks.
In the recycled PET market, prices for various grades of pellet and flake material have increased so far in March.
HDPE HMW pellet and flake prices rose 2 cents per pound last week on the back of strong demand from the end-user sector.
Several trends are negatively affecting North American export markets for recovered materials, including what appears to be the return of China’s Green Fence customs initiative. Continue Reading
Prices for prime nylon 66 and off-grade material began rising in January and recycled material is following suit.
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.