What is chemical recycling? Chemical recycling — also called advanced or molecular recycling — is a family of technologies that break plastic waste back down…
Introduction: two paths to circularity The plastics industry faces a defining question of the 21st century: how do we close the loop on the 400+…
What is polypropylene? Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic polymer made by chain-growth polymerisation of propylene monomer. Discovered independently by several chemists in the early 1950s…
What is PVC? Polyvinyl chloride, universally known as PVC or vinyl, is the world’s third most produced synthetic polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene. Chemically, PVC…
High-density polyethylene — better known as HDPE, or resin identification code 2 — is the workhorse of the rigid plastic packaging world. Every time you…
Polyethylene terephthalate — better known as PET — is the single most recycled plastic in the world. From mineral water bottles to polyester fleece jackets,…
What is plastic recycling? Plastic recycling is the process of recovering used plastic waste and reprocessing it into new, usable materials — either the same…
How Microplastics Form: The Science Behind Plastic Fragmentation Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres — have become one of the most pervasive environmental…
Design for Recycling: How Product Design Shapes Recyclability Approximately 91% of all plastic ever produced has never been recycled. While inadequate collection infrastructure and low…
Waste-to-Energy: Role, Limits and Place in the Circular Economy Waste-to-Energy (WtE) refers to the process of generating electricity, heat or both from the combustion or…
