RECYKAL TIMESIntelligence for the circular economyChina’s factory activity just dropped to 49.2, signaling a contraction. For Indian aluminium sellers, this number changes everything.
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Across India · ₹/kg · as of 16 Sept 2026
A floor under e-waste EPR certificates changes recycler economics in ways that reward capacity commitments made before notification, not after.
Freight repricing moved the delivered cost ranking of scrap origins. A tightened ingot specification moved which of those origins you can actually use.
Turnover-based eligibility thresholds are deciding these tenders before a single technical bid is opened.
Food-grade rPET commitments assume a bottle recovery rate the collection network does not currently deliver.
Documentation and traceability requirements are becoming the real barrier to entry in lithium-ion recovery, not processing technology.
Tighter inspection at entry is changing which origins and grades clear efficiently, with knock-on effects on domestic premiums.
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