www.pieweb.com

Polymer Prices Recyclate Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate

POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate September 2017: Minor price movements / rPET gains a bit / Slight discounts on rLDPE / Demand is growing / Rising virgin prices will bring an upturn in October
20.09.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate August 2017: Holiday period dampens demand / Deductions on rLDPE and rPS / rPP mostly stable / Premiums on clear rPET grades / Only moderate change expected in September
18.08.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate July 2017: Pressure from primary markets drops / Number of downward corrections slumps / rPET continues upswing / Summer lull has begun / August to be a quiet month
20.07.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate June 2017: Notations mostly moving horizontally / Pressure on rLDPE prices limited to pure grades / Slight premiums on rPET / No important movements expected for July
22.06.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate May 2017: Heterogeneous notations / rLDPE still under pressure / Rollover for rPP / rPET increasing / Continued good supply in most cases / Positive stimuli only for consumer applications
19.05.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate April 2017: Oversupply provokes slight erosion of rPE prices / rPP and rPS mostly stable / Seasonal effects supporting rPET / Diverging trends will continue in April
21.04.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate March 2017: Prices almost at a standstill despite increased virgin material notations / Noticeable premiums only on rPET and rPS / Recyclers aiming for price increases across the board
20.03.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate February 2017: Notations broadly trending upwards / Increased virgin material prices make secondary materials more attractive / Further increases expected for March
17.02.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate January 2017: Prices have bottomed out / Higher virgin material prices lead to first increases / Stock build-up has been stopped / New premiums likely in February
19.01.2017
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate December 2016: Notations still trending down / Only rPET rolls over / Poor demand / Bottom could soon be reached / Virgin market developments have stabilising effect
21.12.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate November 2016: Notations still under pressure / Oversupply results in slight erosion / Demand remains comparatively weak / Additional declines likely
18.11.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate October 2016: Notations are under pressure / Largest rebates for rPS and rLDPE / Demand rather weak / Amid lack of any stimuli, no trend reversal in sight
20.10.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate September 2016: Notations decline slightly across the board / rPP and rPS resist downtrend / Demand at times below expectations / Stability expected in October
22.09.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate August 2016: Falling primary prices take notations down / Demand dampened by summer holidays / Stabilisation appears to set in / Cost of some secondary materials likely to rise again
19.08.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate July 2016: Little movement at onset of holiday season / Solely some slight downward corrections / Availability of production scrap improves / Insiders expect rising pressure from virgin material developments
20.07.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate June 2016: Notations start pointing down / Only rPP and rPS resist the trend / Muted demand results in high inventory levels / Further erosion expected in July
17.06.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate May 2016: Lower end of the rPE spectrum is lifted / rHIPS notations follow the uptrend in virgin material prices / Remaining grades mostly stable / Further upward drift
19.05.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate April 2016: Notations make a turnaround / First reaction to rising virgin material prices / Seasonal business picks up / Additional hikes likely
19.04.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate March 2016: Prices still going down a bit / Slight aftershock of recent discounts on virgin materials / Stabilisation expected / Recyclers consider increases in the near future
17.03.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate February 2016: Downtrend affects all grades / Greater declines for purer grades / Demand normal for the season / Prices likely to have bottomed out
17.02.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate January 2016: Declines across the entire rLDPE spectrum / Other regrind materials mostly stable / Demand surprisingly lively / Primary market sends mixed signals for the weeks to come
19.01.2016
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate December 2015: Notations mostly roll over / A few adjustments here and there / Rise in virgin material only affects a few pure grades / Good scrap availability / Prices likely to remain stable entering the new year
18.12.2015
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate November 2015: No major movements / Neat scrap trends upward / Mixed regrind sees further erosion / Across-the-board hikes in sight for December
19.11.2015
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate October 2015: Moderate declines / Recent slump in virgin notations takes a bite out of secondary materials / Primary wave of increases starts to ebb / Stabilisation within sight
20.10.2015
POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate September 2015: Virgin market downtrend starts to have an effect / rPP and rPET particularly affected / Only isolated declines for rPE / Price decline expected to pick up
18.09.2015
Seite 5 von 8
Topic search
Plastics Information Europe
  • Polymer Prices (6.211)
    • Petrochemicals (532)
    • Standard Thermoplastics (996)
    • PET (254)
    • Engineering Thermoplastics (262)
    • Recyclate (387)
      • General (6)
      • Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (190)
      • Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (191)
    • Polyurethanes (255)
    • High Performance Polymers (2)
    • Composites (188)
    • Announcements (2.584)
    • World Regions (601)
      • China (304)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (153)
        • Engineering Thermoplastics (151)
      • North America (173)
      • Russia (124)
    • Spot Prices (131)
    • Forecasts (19)
  • Companies (35.532)
    • Polymer Materials (17.506)
      • Petrochemicals (3.167)
      • Charge (1.887)
        • General (94)
        • Masterbatches (342)
        • Additives (793)
        • Colours (387)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (271)
      • Polymers (11.263)
        • General (727)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (3.903)
          • General (113)
          • Polyolefins (1.987)
          • Polystyrenes (349)
          • PVC (682)
          • Polyester (569)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (203)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (3.311)
          • General (350)
          • Styrene Copolymers (264)
          • PC/PMMA (471)
          • Polyamides (928)
          • POM/PBT/PP (322)
          • Technical Compounds (976)
        • PUR (803)
        • Other (2.519)
          • General (102)
          • Composites/Thermosets (413)
          • High Performance (631)
          • Biopolymers (708)
          • Elastomers/TPE (376)
          • Recyclate (289)
      • Distribution (1.189)
    • Machinery (1.114)
      • General (30)
      • Plant Construction (143)
      • Core Machines (755)
        • General (91)
        • Extrusion (181)
        • Injection Moulding (379)
        • Blow Moulding (72)
        • Foam (12)
        • PUR (16)
        • Compression Moulding (4)
      • Peripherals (181)
        • General (32)
        • Control Systems (4)
        • Automatisation (34)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (98)
        • Components (13)
      • Finishing (5)
    • Processing (7.298)
      • General (912)
      • Extrusion (2.385)
        • General (125)
        • Flexible Films (1.153)
        • Rigid Films/Sheet (387)
        • Pipes (353)
        • Profiles/Rods (260)
        • Other (107)
      • Injection Moulding (1.773)
      • Blow Moulding (523)
      • PUR (321)
      • Other (1.143)
        • General (124)
        • Foam (312)
        • Composites/Thermosets (355)
        • Thermoforming (223)
        • Rotational Moulding (32)
        • Additive Manufacturing (97)
      • Finishing (241)
    • Application (7.515)
      • General (132)
      • Packaging (3.242)
      • Construction (740)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.725)
      • Electrical Appliances (352)
      • Consumer Goods (697)
      • Medical (407)
      • Technical (220)
    • Other (2.099)
      • Recycling/Disposal (1.684)
      • Services (257)
      • Logistics (158)
  • Commercial Register (147)
    • Insolvency (142)
    • Changes (5)
  • Markets (24.115)
    • Polymer Materials (10.408)
      • Petrochemicals (2.557)
      • Charge (872)
        • General (38)
        • Masterbatches (97)
        • Additives (345)
        • Colours (161)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (231)
      • Polymers (6.582)
        • General (837)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (2.489)
          • General (74)
          • Polyolefins (1.246)
          • Polystyrenes (162)
          • PVC (510)
          • Polyester (356)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (141)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (1.320)
          • General (88)
          • Styrene Copolymers (108)
          • PC/PMMA (160)
          • Polyamides (457)
          • POM/PBT/PP (113)
          • Technical Compounds (394)
        • PUR (473)
        • Other (1.463)
          • General (47)
          • Composites/Thermosets (299)
          • High Performance (311)
          • Biopolymers (436)
          • Elastomers/TPE (144)
          • Recyclate (226)
      • Other Materials (60)
      • Distribution (337)
    • Machinery (522)
      • General (130)
      • Plant Construction (14)
      • Core Machines (306)
        • General (116)
        • Extrusion (37)
        • Injection Moulding (131)
        • Blow Moulding (15)
        • PUR (5)
        • Compression Moulding (2)
      • Peripherals (72)
        • General (21)
        • Automatisation (17)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
    • Processing (1.727)
      • General (446)
      • Extrusion (623)
        • General (20)
        • Flexible Films (302)
        • Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
        • Pipes (74)
        • Profiles/Rods (90)
        • Other (11)
      • Injection Moulding (181)
      • Blow Moulding (43)
      • PUR (82)
      • Other (307)
        • General (20)
        • Foam (80)
        • Composites/Thermosets (140)
        • Thermoforming (20)
        • Rotational Moulding (8)
        • Additive Manufacturing (39)
      • Finishing (45)
    • Applications (4.244)
      • General (47)
      • Packaging (2.056)
      • Construction (326)
      • Automotive / Transport (999)
      • Electrical Appliances (226)
      • Consumer Goods (266)
      • Medical (210)
      • Technical (61)
      • Other (53)
    • Regions and Countries (4.158)
      • World (195)
      • German-speaking Countries (493)
      • Europe (2.027)
        • General (496)
        • Italy (145)
        • France (155)
        • Spain/Portugal (104)
        • Great Britain/Ireland (516)
        • Low Countries (75)
        • Central Europe (179)
        • Scandinavia (46)
        • Russia (114)
        • Eastern Europe (54)
        • Southeastern Europe (143)
      • North America (496)
      • Asia (681)
        • General (123)
        • China (392)
        • Japan (51)
        • Korea (28)
        • India (87)
      • Middle East (144)
      • Other (40)
      • South America (82)
    • Other (3.056)
      • Recycling/Disposal (2.189)
      • Economic Trend (487)
      • Services (41)
      • Logistics (258)
      • Energy (81)
  • Production and Engineering (3.821)
    • Polymer Materials (2.382)
      • Petrochemicals (61)
      • Charge (445)
        • General (14)
        • Masterbatches (114)
        • Additives (229)
        • Colours (53)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
      • Polymers (1.845)
        • General (30)
        • Standard Themoplastics (368)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (604)
          • General (19)
          • Styrene Copolymers (63)
          • PC/PMMA (64)
          • Polyamides (208)
          • POM/PBT/PP (69)
          • Technical Compounds (181)
        • PUR (74)
        • Other (769)
          • General (23)
          • Composites/Thermosets (108)
          • High Performance (160)
          • Biopolymers (250)
          • Elastomers/TPE (115)
          • Recyclate (113)
      • Other (31)
    • Machinery (95)
      • Extrusion (20)
        • General (8)
        • Flexible Films (5)
        • Calender (3)
        • Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
        • Pipes/Profiles (3)
      • Injection Moulding (32)
        • General (16)
        • Process (10)
        • Tools (4)
        • Automatisation (2)
      • Blow Moulding (10)
      • Other (33)
    • Research (439)
      • Polymer Materials (144)
      • Technical (15)
      • Product Development (41)
      • Process (83)
      • Application (94)
      • Patents (4)
        • Polymer Materials (2)
        • Process (2)
      • Other (58)
    • New Products (866)
      • Packaging (570)
      • Construction (35)
      • Automotive / Transport (100)
      • Electrical Appliances (27)
      • Consumer Goods (50)
      • Medical (38)
      • Technical (8)
      • Other (38)
    • Other (39)
  • Management (764)
    • Purchasing (105)
    • General Management (177)
    • Company organisation (45)
    • Marketing/Sales (15)
    • Human Resources (8)
    • Finances (99)
    • Logistics (315)
  • People (1.507)
  • Industry (6.427)
    • General (1.250)
    • Associations/Institutions (2.449)
    • Legislation (1.409)
    • Environment / Health (1.309)
    • plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
  • Events (1.163)
  • Plastic Fantastic (565)
  • Commentaries (84)
  • Interviews (152)
  • Notes by Publisher (73)
Energy Cost Surcharges
Please note:
The polymer prices reported by Plastics Information Europe (PIE) already include any energy cost surcharges of the producers and are not listed separately.

Your PIE Team
© 2025 by Plastics Information Europe, Bad Homburg
Date of print: 25/12/2025
Ref: xk4ie345tiuufx550ge0bk55
KIVBHI
All rights reserved.
Access and use is subject to our terms and conditions.
URL: https://pieweb.plasteurope.com/Default.aspx?node=100073&page=5&pageid=302