{"id":170310,"date":"2025-11-13T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=170310"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:34:59","slug":"new-report-mapping-of-global-advanced-plastic-recycling-capacities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/new-report-mapping-of-global-advanced-plastic-recycling-capacities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Mapping of Global Advanced Plastic Recycling Capacities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Diversity of Advanced Recycling (Graphic) \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Advanced recycling technologies, both chemical and physical, are key to keeping carbon in the loop. There can be no circular economy without them. The new nova-Institute report \u201cMapping of Global Advanced Plastic Recycling Capacities\u201d provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of this dynamic global market. It maps 390 plants that are planned, installed or operating worldwide and provides details of their input and output capacities, the types of technology used and their regional distribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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EU27+3 Advanced Recycling Waste Input Capacity  (Graphic) \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Advanced recycling complements mechanical recycling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While mechanical recycling remains important, it is limited in its ability to handle mixed and contaminated waste streams, so complementary solutions are necessary. Advanced recycling provides a range of technologies, including dissolution, enzymolysis, solvolysis, pyrolysis and gasification, which convert various types of plastic waste into valuable raw materials. These include monomers, naphtha, secondary valuable chemicals and syngas, which can be reintroduced into the plastics value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of Installed Advanced Recycling Plants in EU 27+3 (Graphic) \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Europe at the forefront of innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Europe is home to the majority of the world’s advanced recycling facilities, representing approximately 20% of the global input capacity and roughly 26% of the global output of recycled polymers, monomers, naphtha and SVC. The Netherlands and Germany are at the forefront of plant numbers, reflecting Europe’s robust innovation base and dedication to circularity. The European production capacity for polymers, monomers and naphtha from chemical and physical recycling is expected to quadruple by 2031, while global capacities are projected to triple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EU27+3 Advanced Recycling Product Output Capacity (Graphic) \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Key technologies and players<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The report identifies more than 70 operating and planned plants in the EU27+3 region alone, with examples such as LYB Solvent Recycling (Germany), Carbios (France), and Blue Alp (Belgium). Pyrolysis and solvolysis currently account for the largest installed capacities, but biochemical and physical processes are advancing rapidly as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installed and Future Advanced Recycling Production Capacities EU27+3 (Graphic) \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Policy momentum and investment outlook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Despite the challenges posed by delays in regulation and financing, experts predict a positive future for the sector. The European Commission’s ongoing revisions of recycling directives and investment frameworks are expected to provide stronger incentives for innovation and capacity expansion. As the report observes, the retention of all carbon molecules within the European industrial cycle will be unfeasible without the large-scale implementation of advanced recycling technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join us at the Advanced Recycling Conference 2025 \u00a9 nova-Institut<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Full insights at the Advanced Recycling Conference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 35-page report provides global and regional market data, technology distribution maps, and a comprehensive Sankey diagram of material flows. It serves as an essential resource for policymakers, investors, and industry stakeholders navigating the transition to renewable carbon and circular plastic economies. The full report will be presented at the Advanced Recycling Conference, 19\/20 Nov. 2025, in Cologne and online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information and registration: www.advanced-recycling.eu<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Find the full report here: https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/product\/mapping-of-global-advanced-plastic-recycling-capacities-pdf\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advanced recycling technologies, both chemical and physical, are key to keeping carbon in the loop. There can be no circular economy without them. The new nova-Institute report \u201cMapping of Global Advanced Plastic Recycling Capacities\u201d provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of this dynamic global market. It maps 390 plants that are planned, installed or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":170312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Comprehensive data on 390 planned, installed and operating plants worldwide \u2013 Europe takes the lead in advanced recycling technologies","footnotes":""},"categories":[7192,17143],"tags":[22872,10416,24485,27196,10408,15235,13461],"supplier":[5585,4],"class_list":["post-170310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novapress","category-recycling","tag-advancedrecycling","tag-circulareconomy","tag-depolymerisation","tag-dissolution","tag-greenchemistry","tag-plasticrecycling","tag-pyrolysis","supplier-european-union","supplier-nova-institut-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170310"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=170310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}