The German used disposable PET bottles market: tough times continue for recyclers

The European Commission wants companies that export waste from the EU to "take on extra responsibility" and prove that all of their shipments comply with the relevant regulations, said Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius at an event targeting the plastic waste trade. It was put on by environmental advocacy...

Demand on the German waste plastics market continued to weaken in August. Recyclers complained frequently that demand was weak and that consumers were holding back on orders for recyclate. Reports of short-time work or scaled back production are common. Recyclers were seeing the effects the reduced output of plastic...

In July, demand for recyclate from waste plastics was usually somewhat weaker than expected. Price hikes were nearly impossible. There were still many reports of unchanged sales prices for recycled pellet and regrind, but some suppliers have already had to make widespread concessions. Yet, in some cases, insiders are...