Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Scrap plastics exports see month-to-month drop

Scrap plastics exports see month-to-month drop By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update August 26, 2015 While scrap plastics exports are up overall for the first half of 2015, the latest month-to-month levels show a decline in activity. June, the most recent month for which figures are available, saw a decrease of 8.8 percent from May 2015 export levels, with 451.55 million pounds of scrap plastics exported in June 2015. When matched against June 2014 levels, however, the volume of plastic scrap exports was up by 11.4 percent. The weighted price of recovered plastic exports in June came in at 17.97 cents per pound, down 2.2 percent from its May 2015 standing. When compared with its year-over-year (YOY) level, the price was down by 7.1 percent. Through the first six months of 2015, at 2.39 billion pounds, the volume of recovered plastics exported was up 2.8 percent from its 2014 year-to-date (YTD) figure. At 18.40 cents per pound, the average price through June was down, however, by 5 percent from its 2014 YTD standing.

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Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Scrap plastics exports see month-to-month drop
Scrap plastics exports see month-to-month drop By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update August 26, 2015 While scrap plastics exports are up overall for the first half of 2015, the latest month-to-month levels show a decline in activity. June, the most recent month for which figures are available, saw a decrease of 8.8 percent from May 2015 export levels, with 451.55 million pounds of scrap plastics exported in June 2015. When matched against June 2014 levels, however, the volume of plastic scrap exports was up by 11.4 percent. The weighted price of recovered plastic exports in June came in at 17.97 cents per pound, down 2.2 percent from its May 2015 standing. When compared with its year-over-year (YOY) level, the price was down by 7.1 percent. Through the first six months of 2015, at 2.39 billion pounds, the volume of recovered plastics exported was up 2.8 percent from its 2014 year-to-date (YTD) figure. At 18.40 cents per pound, the average price through June was down, however, by 5 percent from its 2014 YTD standing. To return to the Plastics Recycling Update newsletter, click here.