After research involving eight plants in the United States, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has found that advanced recycling touted by industry groups, also known as chemical recycling, is in fact a ‘false solution,’ Agence France Press (AFP) reported.
Chemical recycling differs from the world’s most used mechanical recycling which doesn’t contribute to producing high quality plastics. Chemical recycling uses different techniques (high temperature, chemical reactions…) that help break plastic down to its molecular building blocks.
