Chemicals, Polymers

January 23, 2025

Platts clarifies recycled polystyrene assessments reflect post-consumer pellets

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, wishes to clarify that its recycled polystyrene assessments reflect pellets which are derived from post-consumer recycled materials.

Recycled polystyrene derived from post-industrial waste streams may be normalized where appropriate.

The clarification refers to the following price assessments:

Assessment Code
Recycled PS black pellets DDP NWE RPSBN00
Recycled PS black pellets DDP NWE MAvg RPSBN03
Recycled PS black pellets DDP NWE WAvg RPSBN04
Recycled PS grey pellets DDP NWE RPSGN00
Recycled PS grey pellets DDP NWE MAvg RPSGN03
Recycled PS grey pellets DDP NWE WAvg RPSGN04

The assessments are available in the Platts price database and Platts Connect under the symbols listed above and will also be published in Sustainable Polymerscan and Polymerscan.

The assessments R-PS black and grey pellets can also be found on Platts Market Center and Platts Chemical Alert (PCA) pages PC0503.

Please send all feedback, comments or questions to pl_petchems_ln@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if they are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing.

Platts will consider all comments received and will make those not marked as confidential available upon request.