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an increase of 170 million to 190 million metric tons. “Most of this increase will occur in regions outside of North America, Western Europe and China—areas like Southeast Asia, India and Africa—owing to higher growth in population and standard of living,” Palmer said. This presents formidable logistics issues that will chal- lenge overall efforts to recover and recycle plastics because these regions are distant from the manufacturing centers of plastics production associated with the current produce and export model. “Recycle targets for the 2025 and 2030 time frames—such as the EU Packaging Directive and the growing network of Plastic Pacts—indicate that society is tracking toward the more aggressive IHS Markit scenario, and industry will need to adapt its investments accordingly,” Palmer added. Leveling Off At the current pace of progress, plastics recycling via me- chanical processes could plateau at just 14 percent of plas- tics demand by 2050, according to the IHS Markit analysis, or perhaps 22 percent under the more ambitious collection and recycling scenario identified by the company.The latter depends on significant advances in sorting, simplification of product design with end-of-life recycling in mind and devel- opment of selective solvent dissolution-precipitation tech- nology to advance cleanup, the company added.

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MILL BUYING PAPERSTOCK PRICES Average prices per ton PAID BY MILLS . For Baled, F.O.B. Seller’s Dock, Packed to PS-09 standards. ISRI Specifications (PS-09) numbers appear in parentheses. Prices are intended for purposes of REFERENCE ONLY . They do not connote any commitment to sell or buy at the indicated price. Transactions may be completed at any time at a price agreed upon by seller and purchaser.

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