Introduction: Over the past two decades, China's plastic products industry policy has undergone a shift from promoting development to green transformation and then to high-quality development. Policy guidance has not only improved the safety and qual

Policy Promotes Healthy Development of the Industry

In September 2025, the country released 11 national standards including the Plastic Recycling and Regenerative Design Guidelines, comprehensively covering core links of the regenerative plastic industry chain, including quality standards, product eva

Under policy guidance, the industry is gradually phasing out backward production capacity and non-compliant enterprises, and compliant and above-scale enterprises are gradually taking the lead. The output of high-quality products continues to increas

Second, the survival of the fittest and the gradual enhancement of corporate strength

In the early stages of the plastic recycling industry, due to low entry barriers and technological thresholds, small and medium-sized enterprises in a family workshop style were dominated by “scattered, chaotic, and poor” conditions. With the deepeni

During the 2021-2023 period, due to factors such as the pandemic, the recycled polyethylene market experienced fluctuations in production capacity. Some small and medium-sized enterprises exited the market under multiple pressures such as procurement

By 2024, the production capacity of recycled polyethylene will further increase by 580,000 tons per year, with a growth rate of 5%. The industry will continue to show a trend of the strong getting stronger. The shortcomings of small and medium-sized

By 2025, the growth of renewable PE production capacity will mainly come from the commissioning of high-end and high-quality particle production lines and the extension of the industrial chain. Despite the overall market downturn, under the guidance

3. Theoretical profit recovery boosts operators' confidence

In 2025, the market for recycled polyethylene will show significant differentiation: high-quality particles, with strong substitutability, will have a price trend close to new materials; while mainstream particles, with unstable quality, will have tr

Driven by the continuous decline in the price of new polyethylene, the price of high-quality recycled particles has been under pressure. However, due to the tight supply of upstream high-quality raw materials, cost support remains strong, leading to

As renewable companies adopt price-cutting and supply restriction strategies, raw material prices are gradually becoming more flexible. Despite being in the traditional low season, corporate profits have not decreased but have instead risen, reaching

As we enter the latter half of the year, the price game between fabric merchants and recycling enterprises is becoming more balanced, and the theoretical profit of recycled polyethylene is gradually stabilizing to a range of 350-400 yuan per ton. Thi

Fourth, the landscape is being reshaped, with a tendency to stabilize in the fourth quarter

In summary, with the continuous improvement of policy standards, the deepening evolution of market competition, and the dynamic adjustment of enterprise profits, China's recycled polyethylene industry is undergoing a profound structural transformatio

In the fourth quarter of 2025, quality and scale will be the keywords that determine the fate of enterprises. In the last quarter before the implementation of the standard, recycled plastic enterprises will continue to improve themselves. The price o