Recycled resin prices still on the upswing.* Prices of recycled materials continued to rise in the second quarter, although reprocessors say the trend is likely to flatten out Verb 1. flatten out - become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" flatten change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form splat - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees" over the summer. HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene mixed colors weaker Recycled HDPE prices have gone up about a penny in the last quarter for natural post-consumer pellets. The current situation is unusual in that recycled material actually costs more than virgin wide-spec. That may change because the supply of widespec resin resin, any of a class of amorphous solids or semisolids. Resins are found in nature and are chiefly of vegetable origin. They are typically light yellow to dark brown in color; tasteless; odorless or faintly aromatic; translucent or transparent; brittle, fracturing is growing tighter. Future rises in R-HDPE prices are said to depend on whether virgin prices keep rising or remain stable. While natural 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. has gone up, at least one recycler felt forced by his customers to lower his prices on mixed colors. "They told us, if the prices don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. come down, they're just going to stop buying. We've been able to push bale bale 1. a package of wool in a wool pack weighing 150-250 lb depending largely on whether it is greasy or scoured. 2. a compressed bundle of hay, either about 100 lb tied with wire or twine, or large, round, untied bales, as big as a small hay stack and referred to as 'big bales'. prices down on mixed color. We're trying to do that with natural, but haven't been able to do so, thus far," he says. R-PS prices stabilize stabilize See peg. Except for recycled black HIPS, which saw an increase of up to 4 cents/lb in this past quarter, recycled PS has remained stable for the last couple of months after a sharp increase in the first quarter. Price stabilization price stabilization See peg, PROBLEM">[removed]. is due in part to less active buying by Asian customers. "The Chinese have implemented internal controls in their economy to dampen rapid growth. That will cycle back to the plastics industry," says one source. "Prices have probably peaked out. I'm starting to get suppliers back that I haven't had in the last few months," another recycler says. "They went to the Chinese, and now they're back." R-PET will stay high Recycled PET prices are up about 2 cents/lb all around, but demand has been particularly strong for green resin and is likely to remain that way because Coke and Pepsi are using green PET in their recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. programs. All sources expect the R-PET business to be strong through the next quarter until autumn. A lot depends on recycling activity by Coke and Pepsi, they say. Also, there is some indication that sheet extruders have a growing appetite for R-PET.
RECYCLED RESIN PRICES
Pellets Flake
cents/lb cents/lb
PET Bottles (Clean)
Clear Post-Consumer 52-56 42-45
Green Post-Consumer 44-48 34-37
HDPE (Clean)
Natural Post-Consumer 40-43 25-28
Mixed Colors 29-35 18-26
Polystyrene
Post-Consumer
High Impact
Black 40-44 35-37
Natural 45-48 --
General Purpose
Black 33-36 22-24
Natural 40-42 36-38
Polypropylene
Post-Industrial 21-27 17-18
Post-Consumer 17-19 --
Polyethylene Film
Post-Consumer
Stretch 28 --
Printed/Mixed 13 --
Post-Industrial
Printed 20 --
Not Printed 24 --
PVC
Post-Industrial
Flexible 32-40 --
Rigid 50-66 --
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