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DOWNLOAD OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 45% THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC RECYCLING DEPOLYMERIZATION MECHANICAL RECYCLING www.luxresearchinc.com | [email protected] Boston | New York | Amsterdam | Singapore | Tokyo The future of the plastic recycling market will mostly be a combination of mechanical recycling, depolymerization, and pyrolysis. Waste availability will determine which becomes dominant. IMPACTED INDUSTRIES Chemical & Material Companies Consumer Facing Brands Recyclers Government Entities Investors The incumbent recycling process; cheap and simple, but struggles with mixed or contaminated waste Low-cost process means profitability is heavily dependent on scrap and recycled pellet prices Can convert any quality PET waste to virgin-quality monomer precursors; more expensive than mechanical High-cost process that relies on low or negative feedstock prices to produce high-value products PYROLYSIS An energy-intensive process requiring economies of scale that can address mixed plastic waste streams Energy costs represent the largest percentage of production costs SOLVENT-BASED RECYCLING Can address mixed plastic waste streams, but contamination issues have limited it to postindustrial waste Costs are highliy dependent on solvent prices of world's demand for plastic scraps has disappeared with China's waste ban 3x almost of the cost of mechanical recycling 1 ton of non- recyclable plastic waste = 4.2 barrels of pyrolysis oil 0 % uses post-consumer waste DOWNLOAD OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY X
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T H E F U T U R E O FP L A S T I C R E C Y C L I N G
DEPOLYMERIZATION
MECHANICAL RECYCLING
www.luxresearchinc.com | [email protected] Boston | New York | Amsterdam | Singapore | Tokyo
The future of the plastic recycling market will mostly be a combination ofmechanical recycling, depolymerization, and pyrolysis. Waste availability willdetermine which becomes dominant.
IMPACTED INDUSTRIES
Chemical &Material
Companies
ConsumerFacingBrands
RecyclersGovernmentEntities Investors
The incumbent recyclingprocess; cheap and simple,but struggles with mixed orcontaminated waste
Low-cost process means profitability is heavilydependent on scrap and recycled pellet prices
Can convert any quality PETwaste to virgin-qualitymonomer precursors; moreexpensive than mechanical
High-cost process that relies on low or negativefeedstock prices to produce high-value products
PYROLYSISAn energy-intensive processrequiring economies of scalethat can address mixed plasticwaste streams
Energy costs represent the largest percentageof production costs
SOLVENT-BASED RECYCLING
Can address mixed plasticwaste streams, butcontamination issues havelimited it to postindustrial waste
Costs are highliy dependent on solvent prices
of world's demand for plasticscraps has disappeared withChina's waste ban
3xalmost
of the cost ofmechanical
recycling
1ton
of non-recyclableplastic waste = 4.2
barrels of pyrolysis oil
0%
uses
post-consumerwaste
D O W N L O A D O U R E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
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