A different approach to plastic recycling

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]new technologies, and one of which, under waste works, is something called chemical recycling, which is distinct from conventional normal recycling, which is mechanical.

[00:00:13]Mechanical recycling, as you might see pictures of, they shred the material, take a plastic, they'll filter it, all those.

[00:00:20]With chemical recycling, you're essentially breaking it down back to its monomers, so you can make into new plastics. And I feel that's one of those areas where I've seen recently it's getting a lot of traction, cuz as I say, it tackles materials that previously were just not as cost-effective to treat under the current systems.