{"id":81482,"date":"2020-02-03T07:27:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T06:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=81482"},"modified":"2021-09-09T19:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T17:24:49","slug":"the-creasolv-process-is-neither-a-solvolysis-nor-chemical-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/the-creasolv-process-is-neither-a-solvolysis-nor-chemical-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"The CreaSolv<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Process is neither a Solvolysis nor Chemical Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-81485\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process-1024x635.jpg\" alt=\"2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process\" width=\"555\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2020\/02\/2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2020\/02\/2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2020\/02\/2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2020\/02\/2020.01.16_KIDV_CreaSolv_Process.jpg 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is the CreaSolv<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Process consistently incorrectly described instead of accepting that it is a Physical Recycling process that does not destroy polymer chains? It is a Solvent-based Purification that meets the criteria of mechanical recycling (ISO 15270\/2008 Plastics) but not the ones of chemical recycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study of the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) is very comprehensive and useful. It compares the CreaSolv<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Process with 3 chemical recycling processes (depolymerization, pyrolysis and gasification) in relation to CO<sub>2<\/sub> footprint &amp; process cost and proves that Physical Recycling is an attractive alternative to chemical recycling when closing the loop for a Circular Economy. It also shows that we need better definitions for all plastic recycling processes and a plastic waste recycling hierarchy, if we have to decide how to recycle or to design plastic articles, which are recyclable and not single-use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/creacycle.de\/images\/2020.01.16_KIDV_-_The_CreaSolv_Process_is_neither_a_Solvolysis_nor_Chemical_Recycling_-_CreaCycle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read complete article (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the CreaSolv\u00ae Process consistently incorrectly described instead of accepting that it is a Physical Recycling process that does not destroy polymer chains? It is a Solvent-based Purification that meets the criteria of mechanical recycling (ISO 15270\/2008 Plastics) but not the ones of chemical recycling. The study of the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,17143],"tags":[10416,11966,10453],"supplier":[17763,17762],"class_list":["post-81482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","category-recycling","tag-circulareconomy","tag-plastics","tag-recycling","supplier-creacycle-gmbh","supplier-netherlands-institute-for-sustainable-packaging-kidv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81482","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81482"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=81482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}