S&P Global Platts launches daily post-consumer mixed HDPE bales assessment for Northwest Europe

S&P Global Platts has launched a daily post-consumer mixed HDPE bales assessment for Northwest Europe, in light of increasing consumer demand for recycled plastic, effective July 1, 2020.

The assessment has the following specifications:

Basis: Free delivered Northwest Europe (Eur/mt) Northwest Europe includes Germany, Benelux region and Switzerland. Indications from other regions may be taken into consideration for the assessment and normalised.

Standard spot cargo size: Minimum 18 mt lots

Specification: Post-consumer mixed HDPE bales containing a minimum of 80% mixed colored HDPE by weight. Typical impurities, such as LDPE and PP, should not amount to more than 20% by weight.

The new assessment is listed under the following symbols:

The assessments are published on Petrochemical Alert page PCA503, PCA574, PCA441, in Polymerscan, Platts Platform, Platts Market Center and in Platts' price database.

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