From the analysis of global demand, the United States and Canada are the regions with the largest consumption of PET resin, with a consumption of more than 2.3 million tons per day and a per capita consumption of about 7.5 kg.
According to the PET container recycling report released by the PET container Resources Association, the number of PET bottles recycled in the United States increased by £ 1.13 million in 2010, from a low of 19.6% in 2003 to 29.1%. It is the first time since the rate of 31.7% in 1996 that the recovery rate is close to 30% and only 2.6 percentage points lower. This also indicates that the pet regeneration rate in the United States is on the rise.
In recent years, the regeneration rate of pet in the United States has been increasing
According to the national PET container Resources Association (napcor), almost half of the economic growth in Oregon, Connecticut and New York in 2010 was related to the expansion of the PET bottle recycling plan. Now the total number of pet recycled bottles has increased to 144.4 million pounds. At the same time, PET recycling has also been improved, and the sales of PET bottles have recovered to the level of 2008.
"The end of PET bottle sales in the United States in 2010 resulted in a stronger rebound than many expected. According to the napcor report, all beverage categories showed positive growth, including fruit juice, fruit juice drinks, and ready-made tea drinks. Carbonated drinks also saw tailing growth in the last two months of this year." Said Mike, technical director of napcor.
The quantity of domestic recycled PET purchased by the United States is still far from meeting the demand of full production and operation of all domestic PET recycling plants. Napcor estimates that pet regeneration capacity in the United States was 1.029 billion pounds (466747 tons) at the beginning of 2009 and 1.247 billion pounds (5630 tons) at the end of 2009.
In addition, the pet regeneration capacity put into operation in 2010 is more than 200 million pounds (90718 tons), and more capacity will be put into operation in 2011. At present, more than half of PET recycling plants can produce food grade PET, which has changed greatly compared with a few years ago.
It is reported that due to the imbalance between production capacity and existing supply, the US recycling industry still needs to import recycled PET from Canada, Mexico, central and South America, and continue to use alternative pet raw materials, such as pre consumer bottles, post consumer strapping and other unprocessed industrial wastes.
In fact, in 2010, about 2.16 million pounds of recycled PET were used for food and beverage bottles. The amount of recycled PET used in production increased by 7% to £ 102 million, breaking the level of £ 100 million for the first time. The application of fiber is still the highest user of recycled PET, accounting for 38% of the demand. However, packaging has been growing significantly in the food, beverage bottle and plate market.
More than 55% of recycled PET bottles in the United States flow into China
A PET recycling report jointly released by the national PET container Resources Association (napcor), the association of post consumer plastic recyclers (APR) and the American pet resin Association said that more than half of the recycled PET in the United States will continue to flow into China.
The report released on October 20 said that about 725.7 million pounds (329171 tons) of recycled PET in the United States were "mainly bought by Chinese traders", and about 22.7 million pounds of recycled PET flowed into China as mixed plastic bundles. In other words, 55.6% of recycled PET bottles and containers in the United States are exported overseas, basically to China. This proportion is almost the same as that a year ago. It is also the fourth consecutive year that more than half of the recycled PET bottles in the United States flow into China.
In 2009, the United States exported 53 million pounds (24040 tons) of recycled PET to Canada.
However, after a slight decrease in 2008, the number of pet purchased by domestic recycling enterprises in the United States returned to 642 million pounds (291206 tons), the second highest in history, second only to 681 million pounds (308896 tons) in 2005.
The number of recycled PET bottles in the United States can actually meet the domestic demand and provide sufficient sources for the production capacity of PET recycling plants, but only if China no longer buys more than 55% of recycled PET in the United States.
Sabourin said: "a large part of recycled PET bottles in the United States still flow into China, and this phenomenon will continue in the near future. There is no sign that Chinese enterprises will reduce their purchases."
In view of this, the pet regeneration report said that assuming that China's purchase volume continues to maintain the current level, the [pet] regeneration rate needs to be increased by at least twice this year, that is, to more than 56%. In addition, the [recycled] pet required by the market should be provided at a sustainable price now and in the future. This may cause a shortage of supply or a rise in the market price of recycled PET in the future. The report said that while there is high demand, there is insufficient supply, which means that there may be a price rise trend, and the price of recycled materials may be higher than that of primary materials at that time.
Now, the challenge facing the market is how to introduce thermoplastic PET packaging products "which have not been included in the ordinary packaging regeneration stream" into the regeneration stream. Napcor and APR are currently carrying out various plans to improve the regeneration rate of thermoplastic PET packaging and eliminate the technical barriers of such packaging in processing and regeneration.
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