Market Prices of Recyclables

Market Prices of Recyclables

The cost of recycled materials in the market depends on the material, batch size, region, and of the conditions of the supplier, market conditions, seasonality and many other factors, resulting in prices for secondary raw materials are in constant motion (Ramalhete et al., 2010, p. 2280).the prices for recyclables are updated monthly, you will find up to date information about the prices of different types of recyclable materials: scrap precious metal, waste paper, organic waste, spent batteries and batteries, waste wood, waste oil, waste of food production, waste plastics, plastic, glass, glass waste, construction waste, textile waste, leather, non-ferrous scrap, scrap metal, tires and rubber waste, electronic scrap (Grant, 1999)p. 65). Section provides information on the proposed prices for the purchase and sale of recyclable materials in different regions.

The fall in the price of recyclable materials has affected the income of recyclable paper, they are getting almost half than they did a few months ago. The decline in prices of materials, the three-month period, it reaches 400%, as the pound of pet bottle of oil, which in September cost £ 0.40 and now costs $ 0.08 (Ramalhete et al., 2010, p. 2280). Data were provided by Acrepom (Association of Paper, Cardboard and Other Recyclable Materials), an organization that works to preserve the environment and also with the social security of collectors. According to the associated Paulo Figueiredo da Silva, 65, last month he received R $ 340 by collecting recycled materials, 15% less in comparison with the average received monthly from $ 400 (Ramalhete et al., 2010, p. 2280).

Although £50 can make no difference for the majority, it still holds much value for me. Some workers who have been in the profesion for 15 years as collector of recyclable also rely on feeling the fall in the price of materials. Their income, which previously amounted to an average of £1200 on a monthly basis, today does not exceed £600. Of this amount, U.S. $ 250 is allocated to pay the rent of a property in Umuarama. For months, the work yields an average of five tons of recyclable material (Council & Brown (2012). "Not even collecting materials due to more open trade in peak times I can get the same amount of prior" estimates. The price paid by collecting paper fell from U.S. $ 0.20 (pound) for £ 0.10, since September. "My luck is that ...