Recycled Plastic Market Prices

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Recycled plastic market prices.

Plastic scrap prices listed below are national average prices paid by scrap yards in the u s a. Prices are collected from scrap yards directly and updated bi weekly. The global recycled plastics market reached a value of us 35 4 billion in 2018. Sustainability measures may be put on pause.

Average price indicates the average price paid by all scrap yards in u s. This time last year pet was trading at an average 17 00 cents per pound. Growing awareness to curb the pollution caused by plastic disposal and the environmental benefits such as energy savings are the factors driving the growth of the recycled plastics market the global recycled plastics market is estimated at usd 36 927 1 million in 2017 and is projected to reach usd 50 356 1 million by 2022 at a cagr of 6 4. Prices for pet and natural hdpe have been relatively flat lately with more movement seen in color hdpe and pp.

Additionally recycled plastic pricing cannot fluctuate as easily as virgin pricing. Canadian cities listed. You can select the date range for the desired period of time and compare to us plastic prices for the selected material. Whether virgin prices are high or low the cost of producing high quality recycled pellets remains largely the same keel explained.