rPET and PET recycling in the United States: prices, suppliers and buyers

106 US companies are selling PET on Scrapo - regrind, pellets, bales and scrap. PET recycling prices per pound, who supplies it, and who buys it.

rPET and PET recycling price per pound

Median asking price, PET
$0.25 / lb
$550 / MT · middle half $0.15 - $0.31 / lb
Scrapo Price Index, October 2026 · how it is calculated

US sellers have asked a median of $0.21 per pound over the last 24 months, with the middle half between $0.05 and $0.29.

Recent US asking prices

PostedOfferAsking
Sep 2026 pet prform $0.4 / lb
Sep 2026 PET bottles $0.21 / lb
May 2026 PET bottles and others $470 / MT
May 2026 PET bottles and others $480 / MT
May 2026 PET BRISTLES $0.03 / lb
May 2026 C-PET Black Regrind $0.12 / lb

rPET and PET recycling suppliers in the US

US companies with live PET offers, most recently active first.

Who buys PET for recycling

Recyclers that wash and pelletise it, compounders, manufacturers that run PET regrind back into their own production, and brokers who move loads to mills at home and abroad. On Scrapo, 48 US companies have posted requests to buy PET. Buyers of PET on Scrapo are based mainly in India, the United States, Turkey, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

About PET

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.

Latest PET offers in the US

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Questions

What is the price of recycled PET per pound?

The median asking price for PET on Scrapo is $0.25 per pound ($550 / MT per metric ton), with the middle half of offers between $0.15 and $0.31 per pound. That is the Scrapo Price Index for October 2026, across every PET listing of the last 12 months. US sellers alone have asked a median of $0.21 per pound over the last 24 months. Pellets sell above regrind, and regrind above bales.

Who buys PET for recycling?

Recyclers that wash and pelletise it, compounders, manufacturers that run PET regrind back into their own production, and brokers who move loads to mills at home and abroad. On Scrapo, 48 US companies have posted requests to buy PET. Buyers of PET on Scrapo are based mainly in India, the United States, Turkey, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

Where can I find recycled PET suppliers?

106 US companies are offering PET on Scrapo, listed on this page with the city and state their material ships from. Each offer states the form, quantity and price, and you contact the supplier through the listing.

How do I sell PET scrap?

Post a listing with the form (bales, regrind, purge or pellets), colour, quantity, your price per pound or per ton or price on request, and the city it ships from. Posting is free; buyers looking for PET contact you directly.