Recycled HDPE Price India: 2026 Packaging Mandates

Asian Recycled LDPE Weekly Commentary / Rising processing costs / Malaysia to halt raw material plastic waste imports

Jun 08, 2026

The market remained under pressure with weak demand, abundant prime resin, Asia-based market sources said. Although the grade carrying the Global recycled Standard was heard to be selling at 20% higher, sources said this grade was not traded. The Asian recycled low density polyethylene market was down in the week to Sept. 17 on weak demand. Market observers said many recyclers had to accept lossmaking ventures or risk going out of business. Sellers rely heavily on long-term relationships and steady clients, with little appetite for speculative stocking, they said. Import restrictions, rising overheads, and additional costs from customs inspections, preshipment verifications, and documentation have raised the processing costs. In Japan, the mismatch between collection costs and selling prices, combined with strict regulatory requirements, has discouraged export flows, a few Asia-based...

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