date:Aug 02, 2019
ssed, she added.
Despite the boost in demand for RPET, collection failed to match those growth rates, reaching 2.1 million tonne in 2018 - just 2.4 per cent growth on 2017 volumes. Tight supply saw PET bale prices rise 20 per cent in 2018, compounded by the growth in reclamation capacity during the year that expanded to meet the downstream demand for RPET products, McGeough said.
The reclamation industry increased production of RPET products by 17 per cent to 1.4 million tonne and packaging ap