Polymer Prices Recyclate Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate

Standard Recyclate July 2015: Prices turn around / Most notations roll over / Slight increases only for rHDPE and rPET flakes / First erosions for rPS and rPET / Downtrend likely in August

Standard Recyclate June 2015: Substantial increases for almost all grades / Wave of primary market hikes hits the secondary sector / Upward pressure will persist for the weeks to come

Standard Recyclate May 2015: Again increases across the board / Primary price hikes begin to affect secondary market / Feedstock scarcer and more costly / Lively demand / Upward pressure on the horizon

Standard Recyclate April 2015: Wave of primary price increases crashes into secondary market / Particularly steep rises for high-quality grades / Uptrend expected to continue

Standard Recyclate March 2015: Reversal in virgin material notations stops recyclate price erosion / Elimination of low prices raises lower end of the price range / Demand picks up / Recyclers plan additional hikes

Standard Recyclate February 2015: Primary market declines cut down peak rHDPE and rPP notations / Prices of all other regrind materials drop / Supply normal / Further downward potential for rPS

Standard Recyclate January 2015: Virgin material declines pressure regrind notations / rPE still holding up relatively well / Early January marked by stock replenishing efforts / Additional erosion likely

Standard Recyclate December 2014: Falling virgin material notations take regrind down, too / Only rPS and rHDPE able to resist the trend / Notations likely to continue to erode

Standard Recyclate November 2014: Notations caught between high purchasing costs and declining virgin material prices / rPP and rPET continue to plummet / Prices likely to soften across a broad front in December

Standard Recyclate October 2014: rPE film notations rise slightly / Declines for rPP / Primary market surge sends PET regrind and flake prices tumbling / Regrinders hope for stability in November

Standard Recyclate September 2014: Declining virgin material prices cut highflying rPE notations down / Both rPP and rPS prices rise slightly / rPET in grasp of seasonal effects / Higher costs prompt calls for price hikes

Standard Recyclate August 2014: Notations a mixed bag / Very few notations respond to the decline in the primary market / Some prices actually rise / Downward pressure building

Standard Recyclate July 2014: Following virgin material rises, cost of clean regrind also up / HDPE pipe, PP and PET production scrap tight / Possibility of additional hikes

Standard Recyclate June 2014: Notations for regrind based on sorted production scrap rise slightly following primary market increases / Simpler grades mostly stable / Uncertain situation in Iraq driving prices up

Standard Recyclate May 2014: PE regrind prices stable but tending up / Moderate rises with rPP and rPS / Secondary PET affected by weak primary market / Trends likely to strengthen in the next few weeks

Standard Recyclate April 2014: Most notations rise slightly / Order volume somewhat weaker than in preceding months / Producers plan to lift prices as construction and agricultural seasons get underway

Standard Recyclate March 2014: Declining virgin material prices prevent costs from being passed on / Orders from the construction sector remain solid / rPET demand restrained / Recyclers plan significant hikes in the new quarter

Standard Recyclate February 2014: Many grades rising / Construction-related activities drive demand / Extended delivery times / Building materials continue pointing up / Packaging applications under pressure

Standard Recyclate January 2014: Notations increase slightly / Rising virgin material prices pressure / Regrinders face increase in costs / Additional hikes likely / New rPET prices

Standard Recyclate December 2013: Unusually solid order activity stabilises secondary markets / Firming primary market prices drive rising demand for regrind / Risk of hikes come January

Standard Recyclate November 2013: Notations mostly stable / Slight declines for coloured film / Expensive scrap material / Solid demand / Firming primary market proves stabilising for regrind prices

Standard Recyclate October 2013: Producers manage only occasional hikes / Downward trend in primary market puts an end to plans to raise scrap prices / Sideway movement for prices

Standard Recyclate September 2013: Latest round of price hikes on the primary market has little effect / Price gap to virgin material widens / Demand fuelled by lively construction pick up and end of summer holidays / Primary prices about to fall?

Standard Recyclate August 2013: Third round of primary material price hikes continues to have little impact on secondary market / Only occasional increases / Tight primary segment stimulates demand for regrind material / Substantial price hikes targeted

Standard Recyclate July 2013: Secondary market untouched by increases in primary segment / Only slight gains registered / Producer margins dramatically weak / Plans to leverage virgin hikes