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RPET Prices Stable

Recycled PET prices are perhaps a penny above where they were in June and seem to be going nowhere.

Recycled Resin Pricing Was A Mixed Bag in First Half of 2013

RPET Prices Come Full Circle

WEB EXCLUSIVE: RPET prices in the first quarter fluctuated but mostly ended up where they started.

Pallets, Pellets Use Old Tires as Feedstock

Custom injection and compression molder CTC Plastics, Dayton, Ohio, recently rolled out a line of pallets and will be supplying the resin compounds used to make them as well.

Low Prices Won’t Last

2012 brought lower prices across the board to buyers of recycled materials.

R-PET Pricing Stable for Now

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Recycled PET orders are starting to pick up, and prices are beginning to stabilize.

MGP Bioplastics Launches High-Heat Biodegradable Resin

The Bioplastics Div.of MGP Ingredients, Inc., Atchinson, Kan., has expanded its portfolio of Terratek renewable-content plastics with a new line of biodegradable compounds.

Recycled Plastics Prices Unstable In First Half of 2012

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Recycled plastic prices are plummeting as virgin materials’ prices slide lower and lower.

MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials

Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.

RPET Prices Follow Oil and Virgin Resin Prices Upwards

RPET prices were sliding lower at the end of 2011, but they began the climb back up by mid-January.