Recycled ABS is sold in two markets under one name. Buyers who must prove recycled content need post-consumer origin, a chain-of-custody certificate and colour held from lot to lot, and those grades can cost as much as virgin ABS or more. Buyers who only want a cheaper feedstock than virgin buy by colour class, and pay nothing for certificates they do not need. We source both from recyclers and compounders in China, and we start from the colour you accept and the price you need to reach rather than from a supplier's grade list. How the grades and the rules behind them work is set out in recycled ABS from China: grades, PCR/PIR and price logic.
Colour-managed post-consumer grade, cream. Lot photo supplied by a producer; colour varies by lot and lighting.
Grades
| SKU | Grade | Typical | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTS-RABS-PCW | Colour-managed post-consumer, near-white | Sorted from white appliance and IT housings; L*, a*, b* data requested per lot; chain-of-custody certificate can be arranged and is priced separately | Unpainted parts where recycled content must be proven |
| NTS-RABS-PCN | Colour-managed post-consumer, cream / natural | As above, in a cream to natural range; lower cost than near-white | Parts with a recycled-content claim and some colour tolerance |
| NTS-RABS-NAT | Bulk natural / ivory, uncertified | Sold by colour class; colour agreed against your sample, not measured to a number | Compounding and moulding where only colour and price matter |
| NTS-RABS-LGW | Bright grey-white, uncertified | Lightest lots of the grey-white class, selected against a limit sample | Light-coloured parts and coloured compounds; lowest cost of the light grades |
| NTS-RABS-BLK | Black and mixed colour, uncertified | Lowest-cost class; impact rating by grade | Black or dark parts and black compounds |
Typical properties — subject to confirmation per lot. We ask the producer for a COA with every shipment and pass it on. Melt flow and impact data are available from the producer on request; if your moulding needs a window, give it and we select within it.
NTS-RABS-PCW and NTS-RABS-PCN — colour-managed post-consumer grades
Near-white post-consumer grade. The whiter the target, the narrower the scrap stream and the higher the price.
For buyers who have to show recycled content. These grades come from post-consumer appliance and IT housings sorted into narrow colour streams, with colour data requested on every lot. A chain-of-custody certificate for each shipment can be arranged and is priced separately, so say whether you need it. If you do not need to prove recycled content, these grades are usually the wrong place to spend.
NTS-RABS-NAT — bulk natural grade
Bulk natural grade without certification, photographed on white paper.
The commodity grade for buyers who only need a light, consistent colour at a price below virgin. Colour is agreed against your own reference — a limit sample or a photo on white paper — and we ask for a photo of every lot offered, under the same conditions, before it ships.
NTS-RABS-LGW and NTS-RABS-BLK — cost grades
Grey-white and black are where recycled ABS is cheapest. A grey-white lot can be bright enough to pass a light-colour reference, and we select lots against your limit sample rather than by the class name. Black and mixed-colour pellets suit black parts and black compounds.
Lot photos from current offers
Six offers we received from recyclers and compounders in China in October 2026, from the most expensive grade to the cheapest. The price column is relative: $$$$ is the most expensive of the six, $ the cheapest. Producer names are not shown. Certification is not the only thing that sets the price: the uncertified natural grade in the second row sits at the same level as the certified cream grade.
| Lot photo | Grade | Relative price | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
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Colour-managed post-consumer, near-white Certification: GRS chain of custody NTS-RABS-PCW |
$$$$ | Colour held from lot to lot |
 |
Natural Certification: None NTS-RABS-NAT |
$$$ | FTA certificate of origin available |
 |
First-grade natural, made for brand programmes Certification: To be confirmed NTS-RABS-NAT |
$$$ | Made to order. The producer says it is used in a global furniture brand's programme |
|
Colour-managed post-consumer, cream Certification: GRS chain of custody NTS-RABS-PCN |
$$$ | Sized for regular monthly supply |
 |
Beige natural Certification: Not stated NTS-RABS-NAT |
$$ | Grade not specified by the producer |
|
Light beige natural, from an appliance recycler Certification: None NTS-RABS-NAT |
$ | Bulk grade in regular shipment. Photo corrected for exposure against the white paper |
These are lot photos sent by the producers. Colour in a photo changes with light and exposure, so a photo can narrow the choice but cannot approve a lot. We confirm colour with a sample against your reference.
What this table leaves out: the price of each grade, the producer behind each photo and which lots can ship now. Send us a photo or sample of the colour you accept, your monthly quantity and your target price. We reply with landed quotes grade by grade and lot photos taken on white paper. → Ask for prices by grade
How to enquire
Send a photo or sample of the colour you accept and say what fails (grey, dull, yellow, black specks), with the monthly quantity, your target price and whether you need recycled-content certification. We reply with the grades that fit, lot photos and a landed quote, and arrange a sample from the lot that will ship. Pellets only: plastic flakes and regrind are not offered.