The German PET market: converters boast full raw material inventories at the season’s start

Recycled PET and post-consumer bottles from deposit return systems (DRS) became more expensive again on the German market in April. However, converters were putting up mounting opposition, recyclers said. Prices were so high that more and more buyers were exiting the fibre and film segment or scaling back their flake...

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Many market players in Germany describe post-consumer PET bottles, flakes and recycled pellet as too expensive. Flakes cost €300 more and regranulate fetched up to €900 per tonne more than primary PET, recyclers said, adding that they had frequently faced the impacts of converters being reluctant to make purchases in...