New report by IDTechEx forecasts advanced recycling plants will recycle over 17 million tonnes per annum of plastic waste by 2034. Here’s a look a the processes that will change the world
IDTechEx, a trusted provider of independent market intelligence, has released a new market report, “Chemical Recycling and Dissolution of Plastics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, Markets, Forecasts“. The report forecasts advanced recycling plants will recycle over 17 million tonne per annum of plastic waste by 2034.
The chemical recycling of plastics attracts both notable critics and supporters; while it may not be a silver bullet to the sustainability issue facing all stakeholders in the plastic value chain, it does have a role to play in the pursuit of a circular economy. In this report, IDTechEx finds that notable market drivers, including increasing regulatory pressures, have led to a surge in market activity that will impact the global landscape over the next decade and beyond.
This chemical recycling research report provides an independent assessment on the field, including pyrolysis, depolymerization, gasification, and dissolution processes both in use today and being proposed for the near future to enable a circular economy. 10-year market forecasts provide a crucial unbiased outlook.
“Chemical Recycling and Dissolution of Plastics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, Markets, Forecasts” covers the following key aspects:
- 10-year market forecasts for pyrolysis, depolymerization, gasification, and dissolution; appropriate forecasts segmented by different polymer types.
- Overview of the environmental impact and economic viability of each technology.
- Assessment of key manufacturers including their partnerships, funding & capacity expansions.
- Success stories, including product launches, and failures. End-user activity from single-use plastics in FMCG packaging to various textiles, automotive parts, electronic equipment, and beyond.
- Overview of solutions and developments for key polymers including: PP, PET, PS, PE, PU, PMMA, PA, PC, and PLA.
- Analysis of the key market drivers: governments, companies (stakeholders across the value chain including product manufacturers, brands & retailers), NGOs, and the public.
- Global view of the status of the plastic recycling market including recycling rates, chain of custody, location, design for recyclability, and more.
- Technology appraisal of chemical recycling and dissolution processes that enable a circular economy. This includes strengths, limitations, challenges, criticisms, and outlook.
- Comprehensive summary of technology providers for each process.
- Complete list of operational plants and planned projects worldwide with corresponding chemical recycling market shares.
- Analysis of the latest R&D and technology trends with a commercial impact. This includes microwave and enzymatic processes for depolymerization, hydrothermal approaches as a competition to pyrolysis, new polymer developments, and more.
- Interview-based player profiles.
The main contents of this advanced recycling market report include:
Chemical recycling and dissolution of plastic waste market analysis
- 10-year market forecasts for pyrolysis, depolymerization, gasification, and dissolution segmented by different polymer types.
- Advanced recycling overview: trends, environmental impact, economic viability
- Assessment of key manufacturers
- End-user activity
- Overview of chemical recycling of key polymers
- Analysis of the key market drivers
- Global status of the plastic recycling market.
- Chemical recycling market size and outlook.
- Technology assessment: Pyrolysis, depolymerization, gasification, and dissolution
- Technology appraisal of chemical recycling and dissolution processes
- Technology providers for each process.
- Complete list of operational plants and planned projects.
- Analysis of latest R&D and technology trends
- Interview-based player profiles.
For more information on this report, including downloadable sample pages, please visit www.IDTechEx.com/CRDP.
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