<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_l30l12ah0" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div>Wondering how the markets are doing for post-consumer recyclables?  See the good news below.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l30l43oa1" alt="image.png" width="471" height="126"><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/2022/05/10/curbside-hdpe-prices-rise-slightly/" title="Permalink to Curbside HDPE prices rise slightly" 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">Curbside HDPE prices rise slightly</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: May 10, 2022<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Updated: </span>May 10, 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; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px solid transparent; float: right; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none;">This month has brought relative calm to markets, with post-consumer recyclables bale prices largely flat except for a few modest changes. </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-23056" 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 </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">corrugated containers (PS 11) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is down another $2 per ton this month, now trading at an average $129 per ton. OCC was trading for about $93 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">The national average price of post-consumer </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">PET beverage bottles and jars </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">leveled off this month, now at an average 39.56 cents per pound, compared to 39.22 cents per pound </span><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2022/04/19/prices-jump-for-recycled-pet-and-other-resins/" 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">this time last month</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">. Some regions are trading as high as 50 cents per pound. PET was trading at 15.69 cents one year ago.</span><span 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 of post-consumer </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">natural high-density polyethylene (HDPE) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">from curbside collection programs is up 2%, now at an average 54.81 cents per pound. This compares with 53.72 cents last month. The price was 89.31 cents this time last year.</span><span 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 of </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">color HDPE </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is also up 2%. This grade is now trading at 29.56 cents per pound, compared with 28.94 cents last month. Color HDPE averaged 38.44 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">Notable price increases are being seen across three film grades, however. </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">Grade A film </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is up 6%, now at 22.50 cents per pound, compared with 21.13 last month and 17.63 cents one year ago. And </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Grade B film </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is now 8.13 cents, compared with 6.56 one year ago. Prices for both are the highest they’ve been in recent memory. </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">Grade C film </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is now averaging 1.13 cents per pound. That’s the highest price paid for this lower-grade film bale since mid-2020. </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">Generally speaking, other curbside metal, paper and plastic prices are flat 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">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">remains steady, at 114 cents per pound. This material was trading at an average 64.13 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">Sorted, baled </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">steel cans </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">have also remained consistent. They are selling for an average $236 per ton. The price was $233 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">Sorted residential papers (PS 56) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">remain unchanged, at $100 per ton. This compares with $55 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">And the same goes for </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">mixed paper (PS 54)</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">, which is still selling for $70 per ton, compared with $34 this time last year, and for </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">sorted office papers (PS 37)</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">, which are</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">still trading for about $220 per ton, compared with an average $116 one year ago.</span><span 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">Lastly, </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">polypropylene (PP) </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">is still trading at 34.56 cents per pound, the same as last month. PP was 33.31 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)"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">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. </em></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)"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">For a free trial to SMP’s Online Post-Consumer Pricing Index, visit the <a href="http://www.recyclingmarkets.net/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(40,130,50);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial;font-style:normal">Recycling Markets website</a>. You can also contact Christina Boulanger-Bosley at <a href="mailto:cmb@recyclingmarkets.net" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(40,130,50);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial;font-style:normal">cmb@recyclingmarkets.net</a> or 330-956-8911.</em></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)"> </p></div></div></div></div></div>