Watch: How recycling helps drive circularity

Why is building a circular economy so critical in our day and age? It goes beyond merely extending the lifecycle of plastics and reducing waste. Enabling a circular economy is a crucial step towards addressing the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

In this video series, we will examine how the circular economy helps society meet global sustainable development goals, and how recycling can play a key role.

The Role of Mechanical Recycling in Plastics Circularity

Mechanical recycling shreds, cleans and melts plastic waste into pellets. Closed loop mechanical recycling allows for the same or similar food grade products to be produced while its open-loop variation recycles plastic waste into new types of products.

The Role of Chemical Recycling in Plastics Circularity

Chemical recycling can process more mixed and hard-to-recycle plastics by breaking it down at the molecular level — essentially creating virgin-quality plastics. This allows high-quality, food-grade products to be produced from existing plastic waste, such as food packaging.

Beyond One- Size-Fits-All: Cascade Recycling

Using both recycling technologies can help us build a truly circular economy that meets the expectations of consumers.

The cascade recycling process delivers the best of both worlds by allowing materials to be recycled repeatedly, maximising their lifespan

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