Fixed-price commercial review
Feedstock Margin Review
Understand what one feedstock stream is really worth after recovery, processing, freight and disposal — and which assumptions are driving your margin.
Enquiry first. We confirm scope and data availability with you, then send a payment link — you're never charged before the scope is agreed.
What's included
- One feedstock stream: PET, HDPE or PP.
- One site and one customer-supplied reporting period.
- Review of purchase price or gate fee, material composition assumptions, recovery yield, processing costs, freight, disposal and saleable output values.
- Identify the main drivers of contribution margin and test agreed scenarios.
- A concise PDF report, an assumptions summary and a 30-minute review call.
Not included
- On-site audits or physical inspection
- Laboratory testing or certified quality assessment
- Guaranteed savings or outcomes
Where data is missing, the report states the assumptions used explicitly.
What you supply
Requested only after scope is agreed.
- •Material type and location
- •Tonnes and reporting period
- •Purchase cost or gate fee
- •Recovery or yield data
- •Processing, freight and disposal costs
- •Saleable product volumes and prices
- •Optional bale photos and specifications
Illustrative example — fictional data, not a customer result
What the report covers
1. Input assumptions
| Purchase price (delivered) | AUD 420 / t |
| Target-polymer content (assumed) | 82% |
| Recovery yield to saleable flake | 71% |
| Processing cost | AUD 310 / t input |
| Freight to plant | AUD 45 / t |
| Residue disposal | AUD 180 / t residue |
2. Yield and cost breakdown
1 t input → 0.71 t flake, 0.29 t residue. Total cost ≈ AUD 827 per input tonne.
3. Contribution per tonne
At an assumed AUD 1,250 / t flake: revenue ≈ AUD 888, contribution ≈ AUD 60 per input tonne.
4. Sensitivity
Each 5-point change in yield moves contribution by ≈ AUD 72 / t (flake value plus residue disposal); a 10% change in flake price by ≈ AUD 89 / t.
5. Recommended next steps
Verify yield with a controlled trial lot; renegotiate on contamination evidence; review residue disposal route.
Background
- •Senior experience across recycled-plastics operations, sales, supply planning and procurement
- •Experience across PET, HDPE and PP value chains
- •Practical understanding of feedstock quality, yield, processing cost and margin
- •Experience aligning procurement decisions with plant capacity and customer demand
Request my $750 review
Other engagements
Scoped individually on request.
Bale Quality and Supplier Review
Evidence-based review of supplier consistency, contamination and claim exposure.
Recycled-Resin Procurement Support
Specification, pricing benchmarks and negotiation support for rPET, rHDPE and rPP.
Market and Competitor Assessment
Demand, capacity and pricing context for a region or polymer.
Independent Commercial Due Diligence
A second opinion on feedstock, yield and margin assumptions before you commit.