Re: [GreenYes] Cost of recycled plastic in bottles

["Bill Sheehan" <bill_sheehan@mindspring.com>]

From: "Reindl, John" <Reindl@co.dane.wi.us>
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Does anyone have an estimate of how much more it would
cost Coke or Pepsi per container to use 25% recycled
content plastic than to use virgin material?
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Here is a response for GREEN plastic bottles:

According to analysis by Steve Apotheker, Senior Analyst,
Waste Reduction Division, METRO (regional government for
Portland, OR, 503-797-1698), for the past few years, green
PET scrap bottles sold at a 3¢-6¢ per pound discount to clear
recycled resin.  Green virgin PET sold at a premium of 5¢-10¢
per pound over clear virgin resin.  That is a total differential of
8¢-16¢ per pound.  The cost to process scrap bottles is
5¢-10¢ per pound, i.e. less than the differential.