PODCAST: Europe R-PET faces tough challenges for Q4 and 2023
Matt Tudball
06-Oct-2022
LONDON (ICIS)–ICIS Senior Analyst for Plastics Recycling Helen McGeough talks to Senior Editor, Recycling, Matt Tudball about the challenges faced by the European R-PET market due to increased bottle supply, volatile prices and rising energy costs, and what this means for Q4 and 2023.
Topics discussed include:
- Increase in feedstock post-consumer bottle (PCB) bales across Europe
- Lower prices not stimulating increased demand
- Rising energy costs across Europe impact recyclers in different ways
- Bearish outlook for Q4
- Some 2023 contract discussions being delayed due to market uncertainty
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