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Plastics Greenium Boosts Chemical Recycling Outlook
Mar 13, 2024
Exploring the potential of chemical recycling to tackle plastic waste pollution and inefficiencies, with a focus on different forms of chemical recycling, investment drivers, and the destinations for recycled plastics. Discussing the challenges of mechanical recycling, the growth of chemical recycling plants, economic dynamics, and the optimistic future of chemical recycling in addressing hard-to-recycle waste.
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- Chemical recycling converts plastics back to their original state for high-quality recycling suitable for sensitive materials.
- Growing chemical recycling industry with new plants and technologies aims to bridge recycling inefficiencies and enhance waste management.
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Chemical Recycling Process and Benefits
Chemical recycling offers a new approach to recycling plastics using chemical processes. Unlike mechanical recycling, which has limitations in yield efficiency and sorting complexities, chemical recycling breaks down plastics to their original hydrocarbons, allowing for the production of high-quality recycled plastics suitable for sensitive materials like food packaging. This process is crucial in addressing the challenge of low recycling rates, especially for hard-to-recycle plastics, and presents an opportunity for producing virgin-grade plastics from waste materials.
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