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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