The Global Advanced Plastics Recycling Market 2026-2040

1             CLASSIFICATION OF RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES             21

2             RESEARCH METHODOLOGY              22

3             INTRODUCTION          23

• 3.1        Global production of plastics             23
• 3.2        The importance of plastic      24
• 3.3        Issues with plastics use          24
• 3.4        Bio-based or renewable plastics      24
  • 3.4.1    Drop-in bio-based plastics   25
  • 3.4.2    Novel bio-based plastics       26
• 3.5        Biodegradable and compostable plastics  26
  • 3.5.1    Biodegradability          26
  • 3.5.2    Compostability            27
• 3.6        Plastic pollution           27
• 3.7        Policy and regulations              28
• 3.8        The circular economy               29
• 3.9        Plastic recycling           30
• 3.9.1    Mechanical recycling                33
  • 3.9.1.1 Closed-loop mechanical recycling  33
  • 3.9.1.2 Open-loop mechanical recycling      33
  • 3.9.1.3 Polymer types, use, and recovery     34
• 3.9.2    Advanced recycling (molecular recycling, chemical recycling)     34
  • 3.9.2.1 Main streams of plastic waste            35
  • 3.9.2.2 Comparison of mechanical and advanced chemical recycling    35
• 3.10     Life cycle assessment             36

4             THE ADVANCED PLASTICS RECYCLING MARKET  37

• 4.1        Market drivers and trends      37
  • 4.1.1    Growing Environmental Concerns   37
  • 4.1.2    Stringent Regulatory Policies              38
  • 4.1.3    Corporate Sustainability Initiatives 40
  • 4.1.4    Technological Advancements             43
  • 4.1.5    Circular Economy Adoption 46
• 4.2        Market Challenges and Restraints   47
  • 4.2.1    High Initial Investment Costs              47
  • 4.2.2    Technical Challenges               47
  • 4.2.3    Infrastructure Limitations     50
  • 4.2.4    Technological Barriers             50
  • 4.2.5    Supply Chain Complexities  53
  • 4.2.6    Cost Competitiveness             54
• 4.3        Industry news, funding and developments 2020-2025      57
• 4.4        Capacities       67
• 4.5        Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology            70
  • 4.5.1    PE          70
  • 4.5.2    PP          71
  • 4.5.3    PET       72
  • 4.5.4    PS          73
  • 4.5.5    Nylon   74
  • 4.5.6    Others 75
• 4.6        Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology, by region     76
  • 4.6.1    Europe                76
  • 4.6.2    North America              77
  • 4.6.3    South America              78
  • 4.6.4    Asia      79
  • 4.6.5    Oceania            81
  • 4.6.6    Africa   82
• 4.7        Chemically recycled plastic products           83
• 4.8        Market map    85
• 4.9        Value chain     91
• 4.10     Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of advanced plastics recycling processes             91
  • 4.10.1 PE          92
  • 4.10.2 PP          92
  • 4.10.3 PET       93
• 4.11     Recycled plastic yield and cost         93
  • 4.11.1 Plastic yield of each chemical recycling technologies        93
  • 4.11.2 Prices  93

5             ADVANCED PLASTICS RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES         94

• 5.1        Applications   94
• 5.2        Current and Emerging Technologies for Chemical and Advanced Mechanical Recycling of Polymer Waste              95
• 5.3        Thermal Processes    96
  • 5.3.1    Pyrolysis            96
    • 5.3.1.1 Technical Process and Variations    97
    • 5.3.1.2 Non-catalytic 97
    • 5.3.1.3 Catalytic            98
    • 5.3.1.4 Steam Cracking of Polymer Waste  100
      • 5.3.1.4.1           Technology Overview                100
      • 5.3.1.4.2           Process Conditions and Product Yields       101
      • 5.3.1.4.3           Integration with Refineries    102
      • 5.3.1.4.4           Commercial Applications     103
      • 5.3.1.4.5           Polystyrene pyrolysis 104
      • 5.3.1.4.6           Pyrolysis for production of bio fuel  104
      • 5.3.1.4.7           Used tires pyrolysis   108
        • 5.3.1.4.7.1      Conversion to biofuel               109
      • 5.3.1.4.8           Co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic wastes             110
    • 5.3.1.5 Commercial Development and Investment               110
    • 5.3.1.6 Challenges and Considerations        110
    • 5.3.1.7 SWOT analysis              110
    • 5.3.1.8 Companies and capacities  111
  • 5.3.2    Gasification    112
    • 5.3.2.1 Technology overview 112
      • 5.3.2.1.1           Syngas conversion to methanol        113
      • 5.3.2.1.2           Biomass gasification and syngas fermentation       116
      • 5.3.2.1.3           Biomass gasification and syngas thermochemical conversion    117
    • 5.3.2.2 Applications and Potential    117
    • 5.3.2.3 Multilayer Packaging 117
    • 5.3.2.4 SWOT analysis              118
    • 5.3.2.5 Companies and capacities (current and planned)                119
• 5.4        Solvent-Based Recycling Technologies        119
  • 5.4.1    Dissolution     119
    • 5.4.1.1 Technology overview 119
    • 5.4.1.2 Selective Dissolution and Precipitation        121
    • 5.4.1.3 Supercritical Fluid Technologies       121
    • 5.4.1.4 Advanced Solvent Systems for Mixed Plastics         121
    • 5.4.1.5 Switchable Solvent Technologies     122
    • 5.4.1.6 SWOT analysis              123
    • 5.4.1.7 Companies and capacities (current and planned)                124
  • 5.4.2    Delamination Technologies for Multilayer Packaging          125
    • 5.4.2.1 Technical Approaches             125
    • 5.4.2.2 Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents (SHS)   126
    • 5.4.2.3 Chemical Recycling of "Polyal" (Polyethylene-Aluminum Composites) 126
    • 5.4.2.4 Delamination Process for Carton Packages              126
    • 5.4.2.5 Aluminum Recovery Methods             127
    • 5.4.2.6 Polyethylene Purification and Recycling      128
    • 5.4.2.7 Economic and Environmental Benefits        129
    • 5.4.2.8 Novel Approaches      130
  • 5.4.3    Solvent-Based Plastic Recycling       131
    • 5.4.3.1 Solvent Selection and Classification             131
      • 5.4.3.1.1           Conventional Organic Solvents         132
      • 5.4.3.1.2           Ionic Liquids   134
      • 5.4.3.1.3           Supercritical Fluids    134
      • 5.4.3.1.4           Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES)             135
    • 5.4.3.2 Polymer-Specific Solvent Recycling                136
      • 5.4.3.2.1           Polyolefin Dissolution Systems         136
      • 5.4.3.2.2           Polystyrene Solvent Recovery             137
      • 5.4.3.2.3           PET and Polyester Solvolysis               137
      • 5.4.3.2.4           Mixed Polymer Stream Processing  138
    • 5.4.3.3 Solvent Recovery and Recycling Systems   138
      • 5.4.3.3.1           Distillation and Purification  138
      • 5.4.3.3.2           Membrane Separation Technologies              138
      • 5.4.3.3.3           Economic Optimization          139
    • 5.4.3.4 Environmental Considerations          140
      • 5.4.3.4.1           Solvent Emissions Control   140
      • 5.4.3.4.2           Waste Stream Management 140
      • 5.4.3.4.3           Life Cycle Assessment of Solvent Systems                140
    • 5.4.3.5 Commercial Development and Scale-Up   141
      • 5.4.3.5.1           Pilot and Demonstration Plants         142
      • 5.4.3.5.2           Industrial Implementation Challenges         143
      • 5.4.3.5.3           Economic Viability Assessment        144
  • 5.4.4    Chemical Depolymerisation                145
    • 5.4.4.1 Hydrolysis        147
      • 5.4.4.1.1           Technology overview 147
      • 5.4.4.1.2           SWOT analysis              148
    • 5.4.4.2 Enzymolysis   149
      • 5.4.4.2.1           Technology overview 149
      • 5.4.4.2.2           SWOT analysis              150
    • 5.4.4.3 Methanolysis 150
      • 5.4.4.3.1           Technology overview 150
      • 5.4.4.3.2           SWOT analysis              151
    • 5.4.4.4 Glycolysis         151
      • 5.4.4.4.1           Technology overview 152
      • 5.4.4.4.2           SWOT analysis              153
    • 5.4.4.5 Aminolysis      153
      • 5.4.4.5.1           Technology overview 153
      • 5.4.4.5.2           SWOT analysis              154
    • 5.4.4.6 Companies and capacities (current and planned)                154
• 5.5        Other advanced plastics recycling technologies   155
  • 5.5.1    Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL)     155
    • 5.5.1.1 Technical Mechanisms           155
    • 5.5.1.2 Performance and Application             156
    • 5.5.1.3 Commercial Development    156
    • 5.5.1.4 Hydrothermal Liquefaction Targeting Multilayer Packaging Waste             156
  • 5.5.2    Pyrolysis with in-line reforming          157
  • 5.5.3    Microwave-assisted pyrolysis             158
  • 5.5.4    Plasma pyrolysis         158
  • 5.5.5    Plasma gasification   159
  • 5.5.6    Carbon fiber recycling              160
    • 5.5.6.1 Processes        160
    • 5.5.6.2 Companies     162
• 5.6        Advanced recycling of thermoset materials              163
  • 5.6.1    Thermal recycling        164
    • 5.6.1.1 Energy Recovery Combustion            164
    • 5.6.1.2 Anaerobic Digestion 164
    • 5.6.1.3 Pyrolysis Processing 165
    • 5.6.1.4 Microwave Pyrolysis  166
  • 5.6.2    Solvolysis         167
  • 5.6.3    Catalyzed Glycolysis 167
  • 5.6.4    Alcoholysis and Hydrolysis   168
  • 5.6.5    Ionic liquids    169
  • 5.6.6    Supercritical fluids     170
  • 5.6.7    Plasma              170
  • 5.6.8    Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI)      171
  • 5.6.9    Companies     171
• 5.7        Comparison with Traditional Recycling Methods   172
  • 5.7.1    Mechanical Recycling Limitations   173
  • 5.7.2    Energy Efficiency Comparison           174
  • 5.7.3    Quality of Output Comparison          174
  • 5.7.4    Cost Analysis 175
• 5.8        Emerging Advanced Mechanical Technologies        176
  • 5.8.1    Chemical Upcycling Integration        176
  • 5.8.2    Computational Modelling      177
  • 5.8.3    Hybrid Approaches    177
• 5.9        Environmental Impact Assessment                177
  • 5.9.1    Carbon Footprint Analysis    177
  • 5.9.2    Energy Consumption Assessment  178
  • 5.9.3    Waste Reduction Potential   178
    • 5.9.3.1 Wastewater     179
    • 5.9.3.2 Atmospheric Emissions         179
    • 5.9.3.3 Catalyst and Media Waste    179
    • 5.9.3.4 Maintenance and Cleaning Waste   179
    • 5.9.3.5 Waste Management Approaches     179
    • 5.9.3.6 Regulatory Considerations and Classification        180
    • 5.9.3.7 Comparative Waste Production         180
    • 5.9.3.8 Environmental Impact and Future Directions           181
  • 5.9.4    Sustainability Metrics               181
• 5.10     Emerging Technologies            182
  • 5.10.1 AI and Machine Learning Applications          182
    • 5.10.1.1            Sorting Optimization 183
    • 5.10.1.2            Process Control           183
    • 5.10.1.3            Quality Prediction       184
    • 5.10.1.4            Maintenance Prediction          184
  • 5.10.2 Robotics in Sorting     184
    • 5.10.2.1            Vision Systems             185
    • 5.10.2.2            Picking Mechanisms 185
    • 5.10.2.3            Control Systems          186
    • 5.10.2.4            Integration Methods  186
  • 5.10.3 Novel Catalyst Development               187
    • 5.10.3.1            Nano-catalysts             187
    • 5.10.3.2            Bio-catalysts  189
    • 5.10.3.3            Hybrid Catalysts          191

6             MATERIALS ANALYSIS               193

• 6.1        Plastics              193
  • 6.1.1    Polyethylene (PE)        193
    • 6.1.1.1 HDPE Analysis              193
    • 6.1.1.2 LLDPE Analysis            194
    • 6.1.1.3 Recovery Methods     195
  • 6.1.2    Polypropylene (PP)     196
    • 6.1.2.1 Homopolymer               197
    • 6.1.2.2 Copolymer       197
    • 6.1.2.3 Processing Methods 198
    • 6.1.2.4 Quality Grades              202
  • 6.1.3    Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)     204
    • 6.1.3.1 Bottle Grade   204
    • 6.1.3.2 Fiber Grade     204
    • 6.1.3.3 Film Grade       205
    • 6.1.3.4 Recovery Technologies            205
  • 6.1.4    Polystyrene (PS)           208
    • 6.1.4.1 General Purpose PS   208
    • 6.1.4.2 High Impact PS             208
    • 6.1.4.3 Expanded PS  209
    • 6.1.4.4 Processing Methods 209
  • 6.1.5    Other Plastics               209
    • 6.1.5.1 PVC      209
    • 6.1.5.2 PC         210
    • 6.1.5.3 ABS       210
    • 6.1.5.4 Mixed Plastics               211
• 6.2        Metals 212
  • 6.2.1    Precious Metals           213
    • 6.2.1.1 Gold     213
    • 6.2.1.2 Silver    214
    • 6.2.1.3 Platinum Group Metals           214
    • 6.2.1.4 Recovery Methods     215
• 6.3        Base Metals    216
  • 6.3.1    Copper               216
  • 6.3.2    Aluminium       217
  • 6.3.3    Steel     217
  • 6.3.4    Processing Technologies        218
• 6.4        Rare Earth Elements 221
  • 6.4.1    Light REEs        221
  • 6.4.2    Heavy REEs     221
  • 6.4.3    Extraction Methods   222
• 6.5        Electronic Waste         224
  • 6.5.1    Circuit Boards               224
    • 6.5.1.1 PCB Types        224
    • 6.5.1.2 Component Separation          225
    • 6.5.1.3 Metal Recovery             225
    • 6.5.1.4 Waste Management  226
  • 6.5.2    Batteries            226
    • 6.5.2.1 Lithium-ion     226
    • 6.5.2.2 Lead-acid         227
    • 6.5.2.3 Nickel-based  227
    • 6.5.2.4 Recovery Processes  229
  • 6.5.3    Displays            231
    • 6.5.3.1 LCD      231
    • 6.5.3.2 LED       231
    • 6.5.3.3 OLED   232
    • 6.5.3.4 Material Recovery       232
  • 6.5.4    Other Components   234
    • 6.5.4.1 Capacitors      234
    • 6.5.4.2 Resistors          234
    • 6.5.4.3 Semiconductors          235
    • 6.5.4.4 Connectors     235
• 6.6        Textiles               236
  • 6.6.1    Natural Fibers                236
  • 6.6.2    Cotton 236
  • 6.6.3    Wool    237
  • 6.6.4    Silk        237
  • 6.6.5    Processing Methods 239
• 6.7        Synthetic Fibers           241
  • 6.7.1    Polyester           241
  • 6.7.2    Nylon   241
  • 6.7.3    Acrylic 242
  • 6.7.4    Recovery Technologies            243

7             END PRODUCT ANALYSIS      246

• 7.1        Chemical Feedstocks              246
  • 7.1.1    Monomers       246
  • 7.1.2    Oligomers        250
  • 7.1.3    Specialty Chemicals 252
• 7.2        Fuels    252
  • 7.2.1    Diesel  252
  • 7.2.2    Gasoline           253
  • 7.2.3    Synthetic Gas 253
• 7.3        Raw Materials                254
  • 7.3.1    Recycled Plastics       254
  • 7.3.2    Recovered Metals       255
  • 7.3.3    Other Materials            255
• 7.4        Energy Products           256
  • 7.4.1    Electricity          256
  • 7.4.2    Heat     257
  • 7.4.3    Biofuels             257

8             COMPANY PROFILES                259 (191 company profiles)

9             GLOSSARY OF TERMS             400

10          REFERENCES 402

List of Tables

• Table 1. Types of recycling.   21
• Table 2. Issues related to the use of plastics.           24
• Table 3. Type of biodegradation.       27
• Table 4. Overview of the recycling technologies.    32
• Table 5. Polymer types, use, and recovery. 34
• Table 6. Composition of plastic waste streams.     35
• Table 7. Comparison of mechanical and advanced chemical recycling.                35
• Table 8. Life cycle assessment of virgin plastic production, mechanical recycling and chemical recycling.          36
• Table 9. Life cycle assessment of chemical recycling technologies (pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization and dissolution). 36
• Table 10. Market drivers and trends in the advanced plastics recycling market.               37
• Table 11. Global regulations driving plastics recycling.      38
• Table 12. Corporate Sustainability Initiatives.          41
• Table 13. Technological Advancements.      44
• Table 14. Technical Challenges.        48
• Table 15. Technological Barriers.      51
• Table 16. Cost Competitiveness Analysis. 54
• Table 17. Advanced plastics recycling industry news, funding and developments 2020-2025.              57
• Table 18. Advanced plastics recycling capacities, by technology.              67
• Table 19. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PE (million tonnes).             70
• Table 20. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PP (million tonnes).             71
• Table 21. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PET (million tonnes).             72
• Table 22. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PS (million tonnes).             73
• Table 23. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Nylon (million tonnes).             74
• Table 24. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Other types (million tonnes).*         75
• Table 25. Global polymer demand in Europe, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).   76
• Table 26. Global polymer demand in North America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).             77
• Table 27. Global polymer demand in South America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).             78
• Table 28. Global polymer demand in Asia, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).         79
• Table 29. Global polymer demand in Oceania, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes). 81
• Table 30. Global polymer demand in Africa, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).      82
• Table 31. Example chemically recycled plastic products.                83
• Table 32. Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of Advanced plastics recycling Processes.      91
• Table 33. Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polyethylene (PE).        92
• Table 34. Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polypropylene (PP).     92
• Table 35. Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET).  93
• Table 36. Plastic yield of each chemical recycling technologies. 93
• Table 37. Chemically recycled plastics prices in USD.       94
• Table 38. Applications of chemically recycled materials. 94
• Table 39. Current and Emerging Technologies for Chemical and Advanced Mechanical Recycling of Polymer Waste.            95
• Table 40. Pyrolysis Technology Comparison for Multilayer Packaging Processing.          97
• Table 41. Summary of non-catalytic pyrolysis technologies.         98
• Table 42. Summary of catalytic pyrolysis technologies.    99
• Table 43. Steam Cracking Technology Specifications for Polymer Waste Processing.  101
• Table 44. Product Yields and Quality Specifications for Polymer Waste Steam Cracking.          102
• Table 45. Refinery Integration Requirements for Polymer Waste Steam Cracking.          103
• Table 46. Commercial Steam Cracking Applications for Polymer Waste Processing.    104
• Table 47. Summary of pyrolysis technique under different operating conditions.            106
• Table 48. Biomass materials and their bio-oil yield.             107
• Table 49. Biofuel production cost from the biomass pyrolysis process. 107
• Table 50. Pyrolysis companies and plant capacities, current and planned.         111
• Table 51. Summary of gasification technologies.  112
• Table 52. Gasification Technology Specifications for Multilayer Packaging Waste.         118
• Table 53. Advanced recycling (Gasification) companies. 119
• Table 54. Summary of dissolution technologies.   119
• Table 55. Dissolution Technology Performance for Multilayer Packaging Recycling.      121
• Table 56. Switchable Solvent Technologies.              123
• Table 57. Advanced recycling (Dissolution) companies    124
• Table 58. Delamination Method Performance for Multilayer Packaging Separation.      125
• Table 59. Aluminum Recovery Methods.     127
• Table 60. Economic and Environmental Benefits of Delamination Technologies.            129
• Table 61. Novel Approaches in Delamination Technologies - Comprehensive Analysis               130
• Table 62. Primary Solvent Categories and Applications.   132
• Table 63. Process Economics and Operating Parameters.              133
• Table 64. Solvent Recovery and Recycling Systems.            133
• Table 65. Polyolefin Dissolution Systems.  136
• Table 66. Solvent System Performance Comparison.         137
• Table 67. Membrane separation technologies.        139
• Table 68. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of solvent systems.             141
• Table 69. Commercial Development and Scale-Up.             141
• Table 70. Pilot and Demonstration Plants. 142
• Table 71. Industrial Implementation Challenges.  143
• Table 72. Technical Implementation Barriers.          144
• Table 73. Economic Implementation Barriers.         144
• Table 74. Economic Viability Assessment. 145
• Table 75. Technology-Specific Economics 145
• Table 76. Depolymerisation processes for PET, PU, PC and PA, products and yields.    146
• Table 77. Summary of hydrolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.           147
• Table 78. Summary of Enzymolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers. 149
• Table 79. Summary of methanolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers. 150
• Table 80. Summary of glycolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.           152
• Table 81. Summary of aminolysis technologies.    153
• Table 82. Advanced recycling (Depolymerisation) companies and capacities (current and planned).                154
• Table 83. Hydrothermal Liquefaction Operating Parameters for Multilayer Packaging. 157
• Table 84. Overview of Pyrolysis with in-line reforming for advanced chemical recycling.            157
• Table 85. Overview of microwave-assisted pyrolysis for advanced chemical recycling.              158
• Table 86. Overview of plasma pyrolysis for advanced chemical recycling.           159
• Table 87. Overview of plasma gasification for advanced chemical recycling.     159
• Table 88. Summary of carbon fiber (CF) recycling technologies. Advantages and disadvantages.       160
• Table 89. Retention rate of tensile properties of recovered carbon fibres by different recycling processes.       162
• Table 90. Recycled carbon fiber producers, technology and capacity.    162
• Table 91. Advanced Recycling Technologies for Specialized Packaging Applications.  163
• Table 92.  Current thermoset recycling routes.        164
• Table 93. Companies developing advanced thermoset recycing routes.               171
• Table 94. Comparison of Advanced Chemical Recycling with Traditional Recycling Methods.                172
• Table 95. Energy Efficiency Comparison: Advanced Chemical Recycling vs. Mechanical Recycling   174
• Table 96. Quality of Output Comparison.   175
• Table 97. Cost Analysis of advanced plastic recycling versus traditional recycling methods.  175
• Table 98. Carbon Footprint Analysis.             177
• Table 99. Energy Consumption Assessment.           178
• Table 100. Sustainability Metrics.    181
• Table 101. AI and Machine Learning Applications. 182
• Table 102. Types of Nano-catalysts.               187
• Table 103. Types of bio-catalysts.    190
• Table 104. Advanced polyethylene recovery methods.      195
• Table 105. Polypropylene processing methods for chemical recycling.  200
• Table 106. PP Quality Grades from Chemical Recycling.  202
• Table 107. Advanced PET recovery technologies . 206
• Table 108. Advanced chemical recycling of metals.            212
• Table 109. Precious metals recovery methods.      215
• Table 110. Advanced processing technologies for base metal recycling .             219
• Table 111. Rare Earth Elements Extraction Methods.         222
• Table 112. Recovery Processes for Batteries.           229
• Table 113. Advanced technologies for materials recovery in displays.    232
• Table 114. Processing Methods for Natural Fiber Recycling.          239
• Table 115. Recovery Technologies for Synthetic Fibers      243
• Table 116. Monomers from chemical recycling.     247
• Table 117. Oligomers from advanced recycling.     251

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Global plastics production 1950-2021, millions of tonnes.       23
• Figure 2.  Coca-Cola PlantBottle®.   25
• Figure 3. Interrelationship between conventional, bio-based and biodegradable plastics.       26
• Figure 4. Global production, use, and fate of polymer resins, synthetic fibers, and additives. 28
• Figure 5. The circular plastic economy.        30
• Figure 6. Current management systems for waste plastics.           31
• Figure 7. Overview of the different circular pathways for plastics.             32
• Figure 8. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PE (million tonnes).             71
• Figure 9. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PP (million tonnes).             72
• Figure 10. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PET (million tonnes).             73
• Figure 11. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PS (million tonnes).             74
• Figure 12. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Nylon (million tonnes).             75
• Figure 13. Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Other types (million tonnes).          76
• Figure 14. Global polymer demand in Europe, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes). 77
• Figure 15. Global polymer demand in North America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).             78
• Figure 16. Global polymer demand in South America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).             79
• Figure 17. Global polymer demand in Asia, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).        80
• Figure 18. Global polymer demand in Oceania, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).                81
• Figure 19. Global polymer demand in Africa, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).    82
• Figure 20. Market map for advanced plastics recycling.    90
• Figure 21. Value chain for advanced plastics recycling market.   91
• Figure 22. Schematic layout of a pyrolysis plant.   96
• Figure 23. Waste plastic production pathways to (A) diesel and (B) gasoline      105
• Figure 24. Schematic for Pyrolysis of Scrap Tires. 108
• Figure 25. Used tires conversion process.  109
• Figure 26. SWOT analysis-pyrolysis for advanced recycling.          111
• Figure 27. Total syngas market by product in MM Nm³/h of Syngas.          114
• Figure 28. Overview of biogas utilization.    115
• Figure 29. Biogas and biomethane pathways.          116
• Figure 30. SWOT analysis-gasification for advanced recycling.    119
• Figure 31. SWOT analysis-dissoluton for advanced recycling.      124
• Figure 32. Products obtained through the different solvolysis pathways of PET, PU, and PA.    146
• Figure 33. SWOT analysis-Hydrolysis for advanced chemical recycling. 149
• Figure 34. SWOT analysis-Enzymolysis for advanced chemical recycling.            150
• Figure 35. SWOT analysis-Methanolysis for advanced chemical recycling.          151
• Figure 36. SWOT analysis-Glycolysis for advanced chemical recycling. 153
• Figure 37. SWOT analysis-Aminolysis for advanced chemical recycling.               154
• Figure 38. Alterra’s Akron Plant in Ohio.       263
• Figure 39. ChemCyclingTM prototypes.       269
• Figure 40. ChemCycling circle by BASF.       270
• Figure 41. Recycled carbon fibers obtained through the R3FIBER process.         271
• Figure 42. Cassandra Oil  process.  283
• Figure 43. CuRe Technology process.            290
• Figure 44. MoReTec.   333
• Figure 45. Chemical decomposition process of polyurethane foam.       337
• Figure 46. OMV ReOil process.           347
• Figure 47. Schematic Process of Plastic Energy’s TAC Chemical Recycling.        352
• Figure 48. Easy-tear film material from recycled material.              372
• Figure 49. Polyester fabric made from recycled monomers.          376
• Figure 50. A sheet of acrylic resin made from conventional, fossil resource-derived MMA monomer (left) and a sheet of acrylic resin made from chemically recycled MMA monomer (right).     386
• Figure 51. Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. Depolymerisation process.      390
• Figure 52. The Velocys process.        395
• Figure 53. The Proesa® Process.        397
• Figure 54. Worn Again products.       398

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