by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 28, 2021 | Resin Increase/Decrease
After more than a year of increases, prices for polyethylene and polypropylene resins are expected to trend downward. Market analysts Nick Vafiadis and Joel Morales of IHS Markit gave their outlooks for PE and PP markets Oct. 27 as part of the online Global Plastics...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 4, 2021 | Resin Increase/Decrease
Washington — The debate in Washington over a potential tax on virgin resin is heating up as industry, environmental groups and congressional Democrats have stepped up campaigns around what would be the first federal fee on single-use plastics. An industry coalition of...
by Jeanine Vecchio | Oct 1, 2021 | Resin Increase/Decrease
North American PVC resin prices saw a small increase in September, with regional polypropylene prices down slightly and prices for all other commodity resins flat for the month. Suspension PVC prices moved up 2 cents in September after a similar hike in August. Prices...