Chemcycling
What if plastic waste and chemical pollution could be turned back into useful products? That is the goal of chemcycling, which BASF first demonstrated in 2018 and plans to increase to industrial scale. One study estimates 60% of European chemical molecules could be recirculated. Recycling solvents, where 0.7% are recovered in the US, could save 46-92% of carbon emissions compared to new solvent production. Industrial symbiosis also has vast potential. For example, in China’s Midong chemical park 4.72 million tons of ‘waste’ byproducts are exchanged between companies. Another opportunity is chemical leasing, so far largely untapped.
— Wayne Visser
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