June 27, 2008

COMPOSITES

METAL This Issue Last Issue Year Ago
6/27/2007
Ferrous ($/ton)
Used steel cans 335 335 180
No. 2 bundles 315 297 150
Municipal shredded 370 357 181
Shredded auto scrap 421 410 226
Nonferrous (¢/lb.)
Aluminum UBCs 90 85 79
Auto batteries 4 4 4
PLASTIC
Baled (¢/lb.)
Clear PET 21 21 19
Green PET 20 19 18
Natural HDPE30 31 27
Mixed HDPE 18 19 18
Mixed PET 17 17 16
Mixed HDPE & PET 9 9 8
Flaked (¢/lb.)
Clear PET 34 34 34
Green PET 30 30 31
Natural HDPE 40 39 37
PAPER
Post consumer ($/ton)
Corrugated 94 96 93
Newspaper #6 84 82 67
Newspaper #8 114 110 97
High-grade office (h) 167 167 146
Colored ledger 141 142 125
White ledger 257 251 215
Computer laser 232 232 199
Computer laser-free 248 232 202
Pre-consumer ($/ton)
White ledger 234 234 209
Colored ledger 161 161 144
GLASS
($/ton)
Clear 29 29 29
Green 8 8 8
Brown 17 17 17

National averages based on the average of prices in
covered cities.Published biweekly.

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