The market for recycled plastic has remained under severe pressure and recyclers are facing some serious issues. Calls for legislation to underpin the use of recycled content are becoming ever stronger amid low prices for all plastics.

• Market sentiment improved by Chinese policy to alleviate petrochemicals overcapacity
• Low prime prices continuing their negative impact on scrap plastics market
• Some recyclers have suspended their operations indefinitely

• Short-term market fundamentals continue to head south
• Cheaper virgin polymers continue to affect rPET markets in both Asia and Europe
• Poland and Singapore to implement Deposit Return Schemes in 2025

• Major issues: cheap imports, high summer volumes and uncertain markets
• PET bale prices almost halved in two months
• Plummeting prices for HDPE

• Spain’s plastics recycling capacity the second-largest in Europe
• Many difficulties overcome in recent years
• More growth likely thanks to economic and legislative drivers

• Saudi Arabia’s building sector a major demand driver
• GCC demand for packaging polymers more than doubles in a decade
• Collaboration to secure feedstock supply