Waste Industry Market Prices
Key input costs and output revenues for waste operators — updated daily, weekly, and monthly from public data sources.
Last updated: Apr 6, 2026
Input Costs
What you pay to operate
ULSD Diesel
EIA — Updated Weekly
Apr 6, 2026
WTI Crude Oil
FRED — Updated Daily
Apr 6, 2026
Henry Hub Natural Gas
FRED — Updated Daily
Apr 6, 2026
Electricity (Commercial)
EIA — Updated Monthly
Jan 1, 2026
Steel Scrap (HMS #1)
FRED — Updated Monthly
Feb 1, 2026
Output Revenues
What you earn from materials
OCC / Cardboard
RecyclingMarkets.net (SMP) — Updated Monthly
Mixed Paper
RecyclingMarkets.net (SMP) — Updated Monthly
PET Plastic (#1)
RecyclingMarkets.net (SMP) — Updated Monthly
HDPE Plastic (#2)
RecyclingMarkets.net (SMP) — Updated Monthly
Aluminum Cans (baled)
RecyclingMarkets.net (SMP) — Updated Monthly
Glass Cullet
NERC Survey — Updated Quarterly
Compost / Soil Amendment
Regional — Updated Manually
RNG (Renewable Natural Gas)
OTC / Contract — Reference Only
About this data
EIA prices (diesel, crude, natural gas, electricity) are fetched automatically from the EIA Open Data API and updated on weekdays.
FRED prices (steel scrap, aluminum) are fetched from the St. Louis Fed FRED database and updated monthly.
Recyclable commodity prices (OCC, paper, plastics, aluminum cans, glass, compost, RNG) are sourced from RecyclingMarkets.net and NERC surveys. These require manual entry or community submission. to contribute data.