Recycled PS, PE & PP Prices Rise Faster Than PET & PVC.* The new millennium is expected to bring bigher prices for both virgin and recycled resins, at least while oil prices keep going up. One factor that complicates near-term predictions for recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. prices is fear of Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 . Some recyclers expect a slow first quarter because their customers are allegedly pre-buying extra material "just in case." Working off those inventories next year could put an anchor on prices for a while. PS outlook strong Although virgin PS prices have been rising for some time, recyclers have been slow to attempt an increase themselves. Now, the time seems ripe. "All of a sudden, people want to buy [recycled PS]," observes one recycler. "Low-end prices have started to come up, and the high end is likely to do so before the year is out." Notes another recycler, "It wasn't long ago that reprocessors had truckloads of material on the warehouse floor and were willing to grab any order they could. Now, inventories have dwindled." He says this happened because the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. economy is very strong and the Far East is starting to recover. The outlook for 2000 is a strong PS market overall. PET hikes modest Recycled PET resin prices have not gone up as much as PS because there is still a lot of wide-spec on the market. This glut glut pronounced as rut, slut Vox populi An excess of a service or skilled labor in a particular area. See Physician glut. is restraining RESTRAINING. Narrowing down, making less extensive; as, a restraining statute, by which the common law is narrowed down or made less extensive in its operation. prices of natural R-PET and depressing demand for green recycle, causing its price to drop. Next year's RPET RPET Rajasthan Pre Engineering Test prices and demand are expected to remain stable. PE & PP cost more Recycled HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene and PP seem to be following the upward path of virgin pricing, a trend that most sources expect to continue through at least the first quarter of 2000. Since March, HDPE prices are up as much as 10[cent]/lb for pellets and 9[cent]/lb for flake flake an epidermal scale. flake Cocaine, see there . Post-industrial PP pellets have risen about 4[cent]/lb, while post-consumer pellets gained as much as 9[cent]/lb. Post-industrial flake is up about 4[cent]/lb R-PVC is stable Recycled PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. prices saw little or no change this year. Next year could see prices flat or softer. If, as some recyclers expect, auto makers cut back on vinyl usage, that could reduce overall demand for both virgin and recycled PVC.
RECYCLED RESIN PRICES
Pellets Flake
[cent]/lb [cent]/lb
PET Bottles (Clean)
Clear Post-Consumer 38-46 30-36
Green Post-Consumer 30-36 20-22
HDPE (Clean)
Natural Post-Consumer 30-35 20-25
Mixed Colors 21-25 13-20
Polystyrene
Post-Consumer
High Impact
Black 30-32 22-25
Natural 38-40 --
General Purpose
Black 15-18 3-5
Natural 20-23 8-10
Polyropylene
Post-Industrial 20-25 14-20
Post-Consumer 25-28 --
Polyethylene Film
Post-Consumer
Stretch 28 --
Printed/Mixed 13 --
Post-Industrial
Printed 20 --
Not Printed 24 --
PVC
Post-Industrial
Flexible 29-39 --
Rigid 40-60 --
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