Call it by its name: Synthetic gas and oil from old plastics is not ‘recycling’, it’s ‘recovery’

Chemical recovery of plastics to produce new materials could be a welcome complement to mechanical recycling, and a useful way to reduce waste

The term “chemical recycling” should only be used for plastic waste reconverted into new plastics. If those plastics are transformed…

Full text: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/call-it-by-its-name-synthetic-gas-and-oil-from-old-plastics-is-not-recycling-its-recovery/

Author

Fanny Rateau and Shanar Tabrizi

Source

EurActiv.com, 2020-09-23.

Supplier

European Union

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