The German post-consumer single-use PET bottles market: PET flakes and used bottles more expensive

Demand for flakes and recycled PET pellet remains weak in Germany and the industry is bracing for economically difficult months ahead. For November, many PET recyclers reported rising inventory levels, which could be as high as 30-40 per cent of monthly production. All customer segments – from bottles, films and fibres...

Demand remained weak for plastic regranulate and regrind on the German market in February. The situation is especially difficult for PP regrind, as this material is almost impossible to sell. There was also declining demand for PVC regrind. Prices for PP and PVC regrind softened in many cases by around €50 per tonne in...

There has been no improvement in the mood on the German waste plastics market. Selling material was still a challenge for many recyclers in January. Demand was very weak, especially for PE and PP regrind and regranulate, according to recyclers. But for the first time in a long time, some of them reported an uptick in...