The low price of virgin polymers (PET), has led many companies to move away from the more expensive recycled alternative, polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). Evian, the managing director of recycling technology consultancy Nextek, has argued that current comparisons of pricing PET or rPET should be "decoupled", and that "virgin resin companies... should be obliged to be part-owners of recycling companies."
The low price of virgin polymers (PET), has led many companies to move away from the more expensive recycled alternative, polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). Ed Kosior, the managing director of recycling technology consultancy Nextek, has argued that current comparisons of pricing PET or rPET should be "decoupled", and that "virgin resin companies... should be obliged to be part-owners of recycling companies."