Sandhill Plastic

Resin production up versus 2009

Domestic resin production is up 7.4 percent, to 24.8 billion pounds, for the first four months of 2010, compared with the same period last year. Production for April 2010 (the most recent data available) was largely flat compared to the same month in 2009, but did manage a slight increase of 0.1 percent, to 6.2 billion pounds. Sales and captive use of plastic resins for the first four months of the year largely kept pace at 24.3 billion pounds — a 5.8 percent increase over the same period in 2009.
The American Chemistry Council, which tracks the data, releases resin production reports monthly through its website.

Cited by Plastics Recycling Update