All grades of commonly sorted curbside plastic experienced substantial price increases in early spring. The RPET pricing is a continuation of a surge through the first part of this year. Paper values, meanwhile, are stagnating.The following prices reflect values seen on the Secondary Materials Pricing Index on RecyclingMarkets.net in mid-April 2022.The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jarsmoved up by 17 from March to April. The per-pound price in mid-April was averaging 39.22 cents, compared with 33.42 cents per pound in March and 26.88 cents in February. Some regions were trading as high as 49.00 cents per pound in April.
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