The output of chemical recycling, as with other types of recycling operations, include products that are used back in the same application from which they originated, such as polymer manufacture, or alternative applications. Hence, chemical recycling ensures materials are kept in a circular process by turning them back into valuable products, replacing the dependency on fossil and other non-renewable resources in the production of new products.

Recycling facilitates the Circular Economy, being a critical link in the circle. For the Coalition, we see various important aspects to be understood within this discussion; namely:

• Polymeric waste materials can be reclaimed to be converted back into the same basic polymeric material; e.g. polymer A back to polymer A

• Polymeric waste materials can be reclaimed to be converted into another basic polymeric material; e.g. polymer A or mixed polymers into Polymer B

• Polymeric waste materials can be reclaimed to be converted into basic chemical substances; e.g. polymer A or mixed polymers into a chemical substance that are used as a product or as raw material to manufacture substance C

The Coalition promotes the highest possible waste management hierarchy that is right from a chemical, environmental and economical perspective considering the full life cycle of products.