EPISODE · Feb 6, 2025 · 12 MIN
Trump's tariffs and the recycled plastics market: PMM Insight
from PMM Insight: A Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing Podcast · host Endeavor Business Media
The proposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have the potential to affect plastics recyclers and the processors who buy their resins. The U.S. is a net importer of plastic scrap, getting about 40 percent of it from Canada and 18 percent from Mexico, said Emily Friedman, who monitors the plastics recycling market for ICIS. Recyclers would need to realign their sourcing strategies. It could also affect what processors pay for virgin resin and for various grades of recycled materials. Learn more in this conversation between Friedman and PMM senior reporter Bruce Geiselman.
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The proposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico have the potential to affect plastics recyclers and the processors who buy their resins. The U.S. is a net importer of plastic scrap, getting about 40 percent of it from Canada and 18 percent from Mexico, said Emily Friedman, who monitors the plastics recycling market for ICIS. Recyclers would need to realign their sourcing strategies. It could also affect what processors pay for virgin resin and for various grades of recycled materials. Learn more in this conversation between Friedman and PMM senior reporter Bruce Geiselman.
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