Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: PetroChem Wire: Recycled PS market takes direction from prime

## _PetroChem Wire_: Recycled PS market takes direction from prime


_By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling_

Buyers and sellers of recycled PS scrap and repro/regrind were eager to see where prime pricing settled in early August as they discussed recycled PS pricing.

U.S. prime polystyrene producers announced 10-cent price increases for August but one producer postponed three cents of that increase until September. Some recycled business was confirmed done in the first half of August, with GPPS crystal flake sold at 50 cents-per-pound, steady from July business and about five cents per pound over quotes for GPPS natural flake. HIPS black pellet sold in early August at 73 cents per pound, up from July deals done at 69-71 cents per pound.

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