| dc.contributor | Industry and Economy Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-20T21:14:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-20T21:14:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/42232 | |
| dc.description | Chemical recycling (CR) is the broad term used to describe a range of technologies capable of recycling plastics using chemical processes as opposed to strictly mechanical ones. It has the potential to process plastics such as mixed rigids, films, multi-material plastics and laminated plastics. By turning plastic waste back into base chemicals and feedstocks, some types of CR can yield virgin-quality feedstock (as well as oil for use as fuel) that can be suitable for food-grade packaging. These technologies could therefore effectively complement mechanical recycling in achieving a circular economy because they can recycle a wider variety of plastic and provide food-grade recycled content. | en_US |
| dc.format | pdf | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Turning off the Tap: How the World can End Plastic Pollution and Create a Circular Economy | |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | RECYCLING | en_US |
| dc.subject | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHEMICALS | en_US |
| dc.subject | POLYMER | en_US |
| dc.subject | HAZARDOUS WASTES | en_US |
| dc.title | Topic Sheet: Chemical Recycling | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production | en_US |
| wd.topics | Chemicals and Pollution Action | en_US |
| wd.topics | Finance and Economic Transformations | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 5 p. | en_US |
