PET scrap: price, buyers and sellers

733 companies are offering PET scrap on Scrapo. The current price, where it is sold and who buys it.

PET scrap price

Median asking price, PET scrap
$550 / MT
$0.55 / kg · $0.25 / lb · middle half $340 / MT - $690 / MT
Scrapo Price Index, October 2026 · how it is calculated

PET scrap by country

Local prices in each country's own currency and unit, and the companies selling there.

About PET scrap

Polyethylene terephthalate, almost always from bottles and trays. It moves through the chain as bales, then washed flake, then pellets, and each step adds both cost and value. Colour sets the ceiling: clear can become anything, green and blue cannot.

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Questions

What is the price of PET scrap?

The median asking price for PET scrap on Scrapo is $550 / MT, or $0.55 per kilo and $0.25 per pound, with the middle half of offers between $340 / MT and $690 / MT. That is the Scrapo Price Index for October 2026, taken over every PET listing posted in the last 12 months and converted to US dollars per metric tonne.

Who buys PET scrap?

Recyclers who wash and reprocess it, compounders, manufacturers who run regrind back into their own production, and traders who aggregate loads for export. Companies asking to buy PET on Scrapo are based mainly in India, the United States, Turkey, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.