<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kykg9lmr1" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div>Interested in what the market outlook is so far for 2022?  Read this article below from Resource Recycling for more information.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kykg96z90" alt="image.png" width="423" height="120"><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-rwh_post_inner_box" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-radius:8px;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:padding-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"open sans",None,Arial;font-size:14px"><h1 class="gmail-rwh_post_title entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"open sans",arial;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(7,127,76);font-size:24px;background-repeat:repeat;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2022/01/18/a-new-year-brings-higher-pet-and-ubc-bale-prices/" title="Permalink to A new year brings higher PET and UBC bale prices" rel="bookmark" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(7,127,76);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:repeat">A new year brings higher PET and UBC bale prices</a></h1></div><div class="gmail-rwh_article" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"open sans",arial;color:rgb(179,179,179)"><div class="gmail-postedon" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Published: January 18, 2022<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Updated: </span>January 18, 2022<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">by </span><span class="gmail-author gmail-vcard" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none;max-width:74px"><a href="http://www.recyclingmarkets.net/" title="View all posts by RecyclingMarkets.net Staff" class="gmail-url gmail-fn gmail-n" rel="author" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(40,130,50);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:middle">RecyclingMarkets.net Staff</a></span></div><div class="gmail-postcontent entry-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:padding-box padding-box transparent;border-radius:0px;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><img alt="Market graph icon" width="150" height="150" class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-5261 gmail-lazyloaded" src="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/05/RR_graph.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px solid transparent; float: right; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto;">MRFs are enjoying notably higher prices for used beverage cans and PET containers this month, with bale values rising by 14% and 10%, respectively. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span id="gmail-more-21822" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">The national average price for sorted, baled </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">aluminum cans </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is now at 86.75 cents per pound, compared with 76.06 cents </span><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2021/12/14/december-brings-across-the-board-drops-in-material-values/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(40,130,50);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">last month</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">. This material was trading at an average 51.88 cents per pound this time last year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">The national average price of post-consumer </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">PET beverage bottles and jars </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">moved up by 10% this month and is now at an average 20.22 cents per pound, compared with 18.28 cents per pound this time last month. Some regions are trading as high as 25.00 cents per pound.  PET was trading at 7.69 cents one year ago.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:1em">For other curbside recyclables, prices are generally either flat or lower this month. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">In fibers, the national average price of </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">corrugated containers (PS 11) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is down 4% this month, now trading at an average $136 per ton, compared with an average $142 last month. OCC was trading for about $75 per ton this time last year.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">Sorted residential papers (PS 56) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">are down 2%, now averaging $92 per ton, compared with $94 last month and $44 per ton one year ago. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">Mixed paper (PS 54) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is also down, from an average $76 per ton last month to about $70 this month. This grade was under $33 per ton this time last year. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">Sorted office papers (PS 37) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">are up 7%. This fiber grade is now trading for around $177 per ton, compared with an average $88 one year ago.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">In plastics, the price of </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">natural high-density polyethylene (HDPE) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">has stabilized after falling quickly in recent months. The national average price is at 56.13 cents per pound. This compares to 56.44 cents last month. Natural HDPE hit a record high price of 108.44 cents </span><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2021/09/14/recycled-paper-prices-continue-uptick-as-plastic-levels-off/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(40,130,50);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">in September</a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"> but then fell over the following three months. The price was 67.81 cents this time last year. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">The national average price of </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder;font-size:1em">color HDPE </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">has dropped. This grade is now trading at 21.50 cents per pound, compared with 26.63 cents last month. This grade averaged 17.25 cents one year ago.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box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