This statistic shows the average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018. The average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars in the U.S. stood at some 15.6 U.S. cents per pound.
Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018
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Resource Recycling Systems. (October 16, 2018). Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/
Resource Recycling Systems. "Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018 ." Chart. October 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/
Resource Recycling Systems. (2018). Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/
Resource Recycling Systems. "Average Price of Recovered Commodities in The United States as of October 2018 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/
Resource Recycling Systems, Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/ (last visited April 02, 2023)
Average price of recovered commodities in the United States as of October 2018 [Graph], Resource Recycling Systems, October 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1007380/average-price-recovered-commodities-us/