Year: 2018

Prices are in U.S. cents per pound for prime resin, unfilled, natural color, FOB supplier, The past month has brought a softening of prices for one key recovered resin but relative stability for another. Prices showed improvement in February and March 2018 and are currently trading UK plastic packaging recycling declined to 89kt, 9kt more than 2016Q4.

One ton of recycled plastic saves: 5,774 kWh of elecetricity. 685 gallons of oil. 98 million Btu’s of energy. 30 cubic yards of landfill space. Plastic takes up to 1, Can you recycle plastic bottle caps and lids? How about plastic bags and wraps? Recycling processes and technology have evolved in some exciting ways. Check out these four surprising facts about recycling plastic.