<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_l0sme4si1" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;">  <div><br><div>Here is the latest information from Resource Recycling about the price surge in several curbside recyclables.  </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_l0smdd8n0" alt="image.png" width="562" height="144"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(7,127,76)"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2022/03/15/curbside-aluminum-and-plastic-values-jump-sharply/" title="Permalink to Curbside aluminum and plastic values jump sharply"><span style="color:rgb(7,127,76)">Curbside aluminum and plastic values jump sharply</span></a></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(179,179,179)">Published: March 15, 2022<br>
Updated: March 15, 2022<br>
by <a href="http://www.recyclingmarkets.net/" title="View all posts by RecyclingMarkets.net Staff"><span style="color:rgb(40,130,50)">RecyclingMarkets.net
Staff</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">March has brought surges in prices for several
curbside recyclables, with PET containers up 24%, aluminum cans up 25%, color
HDPE up 32% and polypropylene up 30%. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The national average price of
post-consumer <b>PET beverage bottles and jars</b> jumped again this
month. This grade is now selling for an average 33.42 cents per pound, compared
with 26.88 cents per pound this time <a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2022/02/15/prices-jump-for-ubcs-and-two-curbside-plastics/"><span style="color:rgb(40,130,50)">last month</span></a>. Some regions are trading as high
as 41.00 cents per pound. PET was trading at 10.14 cents one year ago.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sorted, baled <b>aluminum cans </b>moved
up another 25% this month. UBCs are now selling for an average of 123.81 cents
per pound, compared with 99.19 cents last month. This material was trading at
an average 61.06 cents per pound this time last year.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">A couple of other recycled plastic grades also
saw big jumps. <b>Color HDPE </b>is up 32% and is now trading at
25.75 cents per pound, compared with 19.50 cents last month. This grade
averaged 23.63 cents one year ago.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Additionally, the national average price of
post-consumer <b>polypropylene </b>is up 30%, trading at 29.44 cents
per pound. That compares with 22.63 cents last month and 28.34 cents one year
ago.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">On the fiber side, the national average price
for <b>corrugated containers (PS 11) </b>has remained steady
month-to-month, trading at an average $134 per ton. OCC was trading for about
$82 per ton this time last year.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Mixed paper (PS 54) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">is up 4%, from an average $68 per ton last
month to the current $71. This grade was $31 per ton this time last year. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sorted residential papers (PS 56) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">are up 9%, at $100 per ton. This compares with
$92 last month and $48 per ton one year ago. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sorted office papers (PS 37) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">are up 12% and are now trading for about $214
per ton, compared with $191 last month and an average $100 one year ago.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Other plastics are either down or flat this
month. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Bucking the upward trend of color HDPE, <b>natural
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) </b>is down 13% this month, now at an
average 47.47 cents per pound. This compares with 54.56 cents last month. The
price was 70.25 cents this time last year. The price has been falling since
hitting a record of 108.44 cents in September 2021. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The national average price of <b>Grade A
film </b>remains unchanged at 20.50 cents per pound. This grade was
trading at 13.69 cents one year ago. </span></p>

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compared to 5.13 one year ago.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Grade C film</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> is still averaging 0.81 cents per pound.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Lastly, sorted, baled <b>steel cans </b>are
down this month, now at an average $236 per ton. The price was $270 per ton
last month, the same as one year ago.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">These prices are as reported on the Secondary
Materials Pricing (SMP) Index. This pricing represents what is being paid for
post-consumer recyclable materials in a sorted, baled format, picked up at most
major recycling centers. </span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For a free trial to SMP’s Online Post-Consumer
Pricing Index, visit the <a href="http://www.recyclingmarkets.net/"><span style="color:rgb(40,130,50);font-style:normal">Recycling Markets website</span></a>.
You can also contact Christina Boulanger-Bosley at <a href="mailto:cmb@recyclingmarkets.net"><span style="color:rgb(40,130,50);font-style:normal">cmb@recyclingmarkets.net</span></a> or 330-956-8911.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p>

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