The Global Market for Advanced Chemical Recycling 2025-2040

The Global Market for Advanced Chemical Recycling 2025-2040


The global plastics industry is facing a growing challenge - the need to address the environmental impact of plastic waste. As traditional waste management methods struggle to keep pace, advanced chemical recycling and dissolution technologies have emerged as a crucial solution to transform the industry towards a more sustainable, circular model. This The Global Market for Advanced Chemical Recycling 2025-2040 provides an in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving landscape of chemical recycling and dissolution.

Report contents include:
Market Forecasts and Capacity Projections (2025-2040)
Detailed global and regional market size projections
Capacity forecasts by technology type (pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, dissolution)
Polymer-specific demand forecasts for PE, PP, PET, PS, Nylon, and others
Analysis of market penetration rates and adoption curves
Comprehensive overview of advanced chemical recycling processes
In-depth analysis of pyrolysis (catalytic and non-catalytic)
Gasification technologies and syngas utilization pathways
Depolymerization methods (hydrolysis, glycolysis, methanolysis, aminolysis)
Dissolution and solvent-based purification techniques
Emerging technologies: hydrothermal cracking, microwave-assisted pyrolysis, plasma processes
Carbon fiber recycling technologies and market
Regional Market Analysis

Industry Developments and Competitive Landscape:
Comprehensive overview of industry news, partnerships, and acquisitions (2020-2024)
Analysis of funding trends and investment patterns
Profiles of 170+ companies shaping the advanced chemical recycling landscape. Companies profiled include Agilyx, APK AG, Aquafil, Carbios, Eastman, Extracthive, Fych Technologies, Garbo, gr3n SA, Hyundai Chemical Ioniqa, Itero, Licella, Mura Technology, revalyu Resources GmbH, Plastogaz SA, Plastic Energy, Polystyvert, Pyrowave, RePEaT Co., Ltd., Synova and SABIC.
Assessment of competitive strategies and market positioning

Value Chain Analysis:
Detailed examination of the advanced chemical recycling value chain
Key players at each stage: waste collection, sorting, pre-treatment, recycling, and end-use markets
Analysis of integration strategies and emerging business models
End-Use Markets and Applications
Sustainability Metrics and Life Cycle Assessments:
Comparative LCAs of advanced chemical recycling vs. mechanical recycling and virgin plastic production
Environmental impact analysis: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and resource efficiency
Discussion of carbon footprint reduction potential and circular economy benefits
Insights into recycling yields for different technologies and polymer types
Cost structures and economies of scale in advanced recycling processes
Market pricing trends for chemically recycled plastics and competitive positioning
Regulatory Landscape and Policy Drivers
Market Drivers and Challenges

This comprehensive report is an indispensable tool for:
Plastic manufacturers and processors looking to incorporate recycled content
Waste management companies exploring advanced recycling opportunities
Chemical and petrochemical companies entering the circular economy space
Technology developers and equipment manufacturers in the recycling sector
Investors and financial institutions assessing market potential and risks
Policymakers and regulators shaping the future of plastic waste management
Sustainability professionals and environmental organizations tracking industry progress
Researchers and academics studying circular economy solutions


  • CLASSIFICATION OF RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
    • Table Types of recycling.
  • RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
    • Global production of plastics
    • The importance of plastic
    • Issues with plastics use
      • Table Issues related to the use of plastics.
    • Bio-based or renewable plastics
      • Drop-in bio-based plastics
      • Novel bio-based plastics
    • Biodegradable and compostable plastics
      • Biodegradability
        • Table Type of biodegradation.
      • Compostability
    • Plastic pollution
    • Policy and regulations
    • The circular economy
    • Plastic recycling
      • Table Overview of the recycling technologies.
      • Mechanical recycling
        • Table Polymer types, use, and recovery.
      • Advanced recycling (molecular recycling, chemical recycling)
        • Table Composition of plastic waste streams.
        • Table Comparison of mechanical and advanced chemical recycling.
    • Life cycle assessment
      • Table Life cycle assessment of virgin plastic production, mechanical recycling and chemical recycling.
      • Table Life cycle assessment of chemical recycling technologies (pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization and dissolution).
  • THE ADVANCED CHEMICAL RECYCLING MARKET
    • Market drivers and trends
      • Table Market drivers and trends in the advanced chemical recycling market.
    • Industry news, funding and developments 2020-2024
      • Table Advanced chemical recycling industry news, funding and developments 2020-2024.
    • Capacities
      • Table Advanced plastics recycling capacities, by technology.
    • Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology
      • PE
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PE (million tonnes).
      • PP
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PP (million tonnes).
      • PET
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PET (million tonnes).
      • PS
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for PS (million tonnes).
      • Nylon
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Nylon (million tonnes).
      • Others
        • Table Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology for Other types (million tonnes).*
    • Global polymer demand 2022-2040, segmented by recycling technology, by region
      • Europe
        • Table Global polymer demand in Europe, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
      • North America
        • Table Global polymer demand in North America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
      • South America
        • Table Global polymer demand in South America, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
      • Asia
        • Table Global polymer demand in Asia, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
      • Oceania
        • Table Global polymer demand in Oceania, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
      • Africa
        • Table Global polymer demand in Africa, by recycling technology 2022-2040 (million tonnes).
    • Chemically recycled plastic products
      • Table Example chemically recycled plastic products.
    • Market map
    • Value chain
    • Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of advanced plastics recycling processes
      • Table Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of Advanced Chemical Recycling Processes.
      • PE
        • Table Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polyethylene (PE).
      • PP
        • Table Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polypropylene (PP).
      • PET
        • Table Life cycle assessment of mechanically versus chemically recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
    • Recycled plastic yield and cost
      • Plastic yield of each chemical recycling technologies
        • Table Plastic yield of each chemical recycling technologies.
      • Prices
        • Table Chemically recycled plastics prices in USD.
    • Market challenges
      • Table Challenges in the advanced chemical recycling market.
  • ADVANCED RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
    • Applications
      • Table Applications of chemically recycled materials.
    • Pyrolysis
      • Non-catalytic
        • Table Summary of non-catalytic pyrolysis technologies.
      • Catalytic
        • Table Summary of catalytic pyrolysis technologies.
        • Table Summary of pyrolysis technique under different operating conditions.
        • Table Biomass materials and their bio-oil yield.
        • Table Biofuel production cost from the biomass pyrolysis process.
      • SWOT analysis
      • Companies and capacities
        • Table Pyrolysis companies and plant capacities, current and planned.
    • Gasification
      • Technology overview
        • Table Summary of gasification technologies.
      • SWOT analysis
      • Companies and capacities (current and planned)
        • Table Advanced recycling (Gasification) companies.
    • Dissolution
      • Technology overview
        • Table Summary of dissolution technologies.
      • SWOT analysis
      • Companies and capacities (current and planned)
        • Table Advanced recycling (Dissolution) companies
    • Depolymerisation
      • Table Depolymerisation processes for PET, PU, PC and PA, products and yields.
      • Hydrolysis
        • Table Summary of hydrolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.
      • Enzymolysis
        • Table Summary of Enzymolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.
      • Methanolysis
        • Table Summary of methanolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.
      • Glycolysis
        • Table Summary of glycolysis technologies-feedstocks, process, outputs, commercial maturity and technology developers.
      • Aminolysis
        • Table Summary of aminolysis technologies.
      • Companies and capacities (current and planned)
        • Table Advanced recycling (Depolymerisation) companies and capacities (current and planned).
    • Other advanced chemical recycling technologies
      • Hydrothermal cracking
        • Table Overview of hydrothermal cracking for advanced chemical recycling.
      • Pyrolysis with in-line reforming
        • Table Overview of Pyrolysis with in-line reforming for advanced chemical recycling.
      • Microwave-assisted pyrolysis
        • Table Overview of microwave-assisted pyrolysis for advanced chemical recycling.
      • Plasma pyrolysis
        • Table Overview of plasma pyrolysis for advanced chemical recycling.
      • Plasma gasification
        • Table Overview of plasma gasification for advanced chemical recycling.
      • Supercritical fluids
      • Carbon fiber recycling
        • Table Summary of carbon fiber (CF) recycling technologies. Advantages and disadvantages.
        • Table Retention rate of tensile properties of recovered carbon fibres by different recycling processes.
        • Table Recycled carbon fiber producers, technology and capacity.
    • Advanced recycling of thermoset materials
      • Table Current thermoset recycling routes.
      • Thermal recycling
      • Solvolysis
      • Catalyzed Glycolysis
      • Alcoholysis and Hydrolysis
      • Ionic liquids
      • Supercritical fluids
      • Plasma
      • Companies
        • Table Companies developing advanced thermoset recycing routes.
  • COMPANY PROFILES
    • Aduro Clean Technologies, Inc.
    • Aeternal Upcycling
    • Agilyx
    • Alpha Recyclage Composites
    • Alterra Energy
    • Ambercycle, Inc.
    • Anellotech, Inc.
    • Anhui Oursun Resource Technology Co., Ltd
    • APChemi Pvt. Ltd.
    • APK AG
    • Aquafil S.p.A.
    • ARCUS Greencycling GmbH
    • Arkema
    • Axens SA
    • BASF
    • Bcircular
    • BioBTX B.V.
    • Biofabrik Technologies GmbH
    • Blest (Microengineer Co., Ltd.)
    • Blue Cycle
    • BlueAlp Technology
    • Borealis AG
    • Boston Materials LLC
    • Braven Environmental, LLC
    • Brightmark
    • Cadel Deinking S.L.
    • Carbios
    • Carboliq GmbH
    • Carbon Fiber Recycling LLC
    • Cassandra Oil AB
    • CIRC
    • Chian Tianying
    • Chevron Phillips Chemical
    • Clariter
    • Clean Planet Energy
    • Corsair Group International
    • Covestro
    • CreaCycle GmbH
    • CuRe Technology BV
    • Cyclic Materials
    • Cyclize
    • DeepTech Recycling
    • DePoly SA
    • Dow Chemical Company
    • DyeRecycle
    • Eastman Chemical Company
    • Eco Fuel Technology, Inc
    • Ecopek S.A.
    • Eeden GmbH
    • Emery Oleochemicals
    • Encina Development Group, LLC
    • Enerkem, Inc.
    • Enval Ltd.
    • Environmental Solutions (Asia) Pte Ltd
    • Epoch Biodesign
    • Equipolymers GmbH
    • Evonik Industries AG
    • Evrnu
    • Extracthive
    • ExxonMobil
    • Fairmat
    • Fulcrum BioEnergy
    • Futerro
    • Fych Technologies
    • Garbo S.r.l.
    • GreenMantra Technologies
    • Gr3n SA
    • Handerek Technologies
    • Hanwha Solutions
    • Honeywell
    • Hyundai Chemical
    • Indaver nv
    • InEnTec, Inc.
    • INEOS Styrolution
    • Infinited Fiber Company Oy
    • Ioncell Oy
    • Ioniqa Technologies B.V.
    • Itero Technologies
    • Jeplan, Inc.
    • JFE Chemical Corporation
    • Kaneka Corporation
    • Khepra
    • Klean Industries
    • Lanzatech
    • Loop Industries, Inc.
    • LOTTE Chemical
    • Lummus Technology LLC
    • LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V.
    • Metaspectral
    • Mint Innovation
    • Microwave Chemical Co. Ltd.
    • Mitsubishi Chemical
    • MolyWorks Materials
    • Mote, Inc.
    • Mura Technology
    • Nanya Plastics Corporation
    • NatureWorks
    • Neste Oyj
    • New Hope Energy
    • Nexus Circular LLC
    • Next Generation Group (NGR)
    • Novoloop
    • Olefy Technologies
    • OMV AG
    • Orlen Unipetrol Rpa S.r.o.
    • Österreichische Mineralölverwaltung (OMV)
    • PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad
    • Plastic Back
    • Plastic Energy Limited
    • Plastic2Oil, Inc.
    • Plasta Rei
    • Plastogaz SA
    • Poliloop
    • Polycycl
    • Polynate
    • PolyStyreneLoop
    • Polystyvert, Inc.
    • Poseidon Plastics
    • Premirr Plastics, Inc.
    • Protein Evolution
    • Pryme BV
    • PureCycle Technologies
    • Pyrowave
    • Qairos Energies
    • QuantaFuel ASA
    • Recenso GmbH
    • Recyc'ELIT
    • ReNew ELP
    • Re:newcell
    • Renew One
    • RePEaT Co., Ltd.
    • Repsol
    • Resiclo Oy
    • Resynergi, Inc.
    • revalyu Resources GmbH
    • ReVital Polymers, Inc.
    • Rittec Umwelttechnik GmbH
    • Sabic
    • Samsara Eco Pty Ltd.
    • Saperatec GmbH
    • Scindo
    • SCG Chemicals
    • Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    • SemperCycle
    • Shell
    • Showa Denko K.K.
    • Shuye Environmental Technology
    • Sierra Energy
    • SK Geo Centric (SKGC)
    • SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    • Sulzer Chemtech AG
    • Sumitomo Chemical
    • Sweet Gazoil
    • Synova
    • Synpet Technologies
    • Technisoil Industrial
    • Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd.
    • TotalEnergies
    • Toyo Styrene Co., Ltd.
    • Trinseo
    • Triple Helix
    • Uflex
    • Valoren
    • Vartega Inc.
    • Velocys
    • Versalis SpA
    • Wastefront
    • Worn Again Technologies
    • Xycle
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • REFERENCES

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