date:Aug 02, 2019
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Helen McGeough, ICIS senior analyst, plastics eecycling explained the dynamics. The rise in demand for RPET (recycled PET) began early on in 2018 as supply issues for virgin PET resin carried over from the end of 2017; this pushed up demand from sectors that could easily use either feedstock.
This, in turn, pushed up prices as supply was constrained, since collection activity did not increase in line with demand. The drive for food-grade RPET came later in 2018, once the SUP Directive was pa