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D O W N L O A D O U R E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
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T H E F U T U R E O FP L A S T I C R E C Y C L I N G
DEPOLYMERIZATION
MECHANICAL RECYCLING
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The future of the plastic recycling market will mostly be a combination ofmechanical recycling, depolymerization, and pyrolysis. Waste availability willdetermine which becomes dominant.
IMPACTED INDUSTRIES
Chemical &Material
Companies
ConsumerFacingBrands
RecyclersGovernmentEntities Investors
The incumbent recyclingprocess; cheap and simple,but struggles with mixed orcontaminated waste
Low-cost process means profitability is heavilydependent on scrap and recycled pellet prices
Can convert any quality PETwaste to virgin-qualitymonomer precursors; moreexpensive than mechanical
High-cost process that relies on low or negativefeedstock prices to produce high-value products
PYROLYSISAn energy-intensive processrequiring economies of scalethat can address mixed plasticwaste streams
Energy costs represent the largest percentageof production costs
SOLVENT-BASED RECYCLING
Can address mixed plasticwaste streams, butcontamination issues havelimited it to postindustrial waste
Costs are highliy dependent on solvent prices
of world's demand for plasticscraps has disappeared withChina's waste ban
3xalmost
of the cost ofmechanical
recycling
1ton
of non-recyclableplastic waste = 4.2
barrels of pyrolysis oil
0%
uses
post-consumerwaste
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