Episode 1037: Europe PET and R-PET markets struggle through a tough summer period

Senior Editors Caroline Murray and Matt Tudball discuss the challenges and uncertainties faced by the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and recycled PET (R-PET) markets so far this year, and talk about some possible scenarios that may arise during the summer months, including: Heatwaves in Europe may entice PET demandR-PET over-supply becoming an issue Concerns in the PET market over threat of increasing upstream PX pricesMore PET bottle consumption leads to higher bottle bale stocks in R-PET market