News Service Launches Publication on the Recycled Plastics Industry

PetroChem Wire (PCW), a daily petrochemical industry newsletter, has launched a monthly market price publication that will cover the reprocessed and recycled plastic resin market. The company says the publication, called Repro/Regrind Report, aims to provide a snapshot of pricing trends for recycled plastic resins.

“It became increasingly clear that the plastics recycling market was ready for a go-to market price report that provides a general price reference from which insight can be gained with regard to price happenings within the world of repro and regrind materials,” says Kathy Hall, executive editor of PCW. “We’ve been working with the industry and receiving guidance and input from recycling-related business owners of all sizes, to provide a basis from which these same businesses can find the type of price information they’ve been looking for to strengthen the market moving forward. Repro/Regrind Report is the result of those efforts and we’re excited to offer it.”

Each issue of the publication includes a price table showing confirmed, transactional pricing for high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene, categorized by major commodity grades such as fractional melt, injection, pail or crate grade and resin color, such as natural, mixed color, black or white. It will include price differentials from the previous month.

The newsletter also provides a summary of trends for recycled resins, the overall U.S. commodity prime-grade plastic markets and market movements upstream in the supply chain, including ethylene, propylene and benzene.
To receive a sample copy of publication, contact Kathy Hall at Kathy@petrochemwire.com.