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Bain report: €400bn required to scale up chemical recycling

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Building chemical recycling capacity will require a combination of regulatory incentives and market forces, according to the Bain report.

A new report by consultancy firm Bain & Company estimates that more than €400bn in cumulative global capital investment will be required over the next 20 to 30 years to achieve cost parity between chemical recycling of waste plastics and primary plastic production.

The study notes that the current cost of recycling polyolefins via pyrolysis in Europe is more than twice that of producing primary plastics. In other regions, the cost disparity is even greater. ...

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