Advanced Recycling
What is Advanced Recycling?
Advanced recycling, sometimes called “chemical recycling,” breaks plastic down at the molecular level, converting waste into liquids that can form new petrochemicals.
Unlike mechanical recycling, which grinds and remelts plastics with an unavoidable loss of quality, advanced recycling's chemical or thermal processes — like pyrolysis, gasification, and depolymerization — totally return plastics to their basic building blocks.
Plastics that are difficult to recycle through conventional methods are usually sent to a special facility for advanced recycling, where they're transformed into a liquid called pyrolysis oil. Grocery bags, bubble wrap, and chip bags are a few examples of items processed this way.
At the plant, the pyrolysis oil is converted into clean, safe, circular plastics suitable for demanding applications like food packaging, medical devices, and automotive parts.
How Advanced Recycling Works
Advanced recycling can largely be divided into three processes, each designed for specific plastic types and output:
1. Conversion (Pyrolysis & Gasification)
🔹Breaks plastics into liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons
◉ Outputs: Fuels, petrochemicals, refined hydrocarbons
2. Decomposition (De-Polymerization)
🔹 Breaks plastics into monomers & intermediates
◉ Outputs: High-purity monomers for repolymerization
3. Purification (Solvolysis & Dissolution)
🔹 Uses solvents to dissolve plastics, separating additives and dyes
◉ Outputs: Purified polymers ready for reuse
Why Choose Materials Made Through Advanced Plastic Recycling?
- Reduced Complex Waste: advanced recycling handles mixed and contaminated plastics that would otherwise end up in landfills or incinerated.
- Preserved Material Quality: the process produces prime-equivalent resins, with no degradation over multiple recycled uses.
- Building a Circular Economy: post-consumer and post-industrial waste becomes new, high-performance plastic, which cuts costs along the supply chain.
- Certified & Verified Materials: our ISCC+ certified chain of custody ensures traceability and credible recycling claims.
- Reduced Carbon Footprint: advanced recycling lowers emissions significantly compared to virgin plastic production (with potential for further improvement as the technology sees more attention and implementation).
Our Partners in Advanced Recycling:
Our suppliers implement and improve advanced recycling methods. Thanks to them, we offer a wide portfolio of sustainable polymer options.
