Editorial Livestreams
The U.S. plastics industry has been in a recession, impacted by high interest rates, a strong dollar and high oil prices, Economics Editor Bill Wood says.
Join us October 10 at 2PM EDT for a Plastics In Politics Livestream!
This month’s Plastics in Politics Livestream will look at two new industry campaigns, one to defend recycling against public skepticism, and a second to push back against what companies see as regulatory overreach by President Joe Biden’s administration. Other topics include a tax on single-use virgin plastics returning to Congress and the implications of a push to remove recyclable labels from new all-plastic toothpaste tubes. And, we talked priorities with the new head of the American Chemistry Council’s plastics division.
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Despite the economic slowdown, many resin buyers are seeing higher prices. PET is the latest commodity resin to post an increase, joining polyethylene, polystyrene and PVC. In Polymer Points Live, Frank Esposito discusses those resins and explains the factors — including exports, supply outages and feedstock price increases — that enabled sellers to push through increases in August.
