PET and HDPE recyclers continue to be troubled by bale quality, low yields and challenges related to recycled resin prices and demand. Roughly 75 percent of high density polyethylene reclaimers ...

Leading industry research consultants Franklin Associates, a division of ERG, Lexington, Massachusetts, prepared the report, “Life cycle impacts for postconsumer recycled resins: PET, HDPE and PP.” ...

Pricing for bales of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles are softening as supplies of these materials increase, according to sources whom Recycling ...