Why Mechanical Recycling Deserves More Credit vs Chemical Recycling
There is a lot of noise in the plastics industry right now about chemical recycling. It is pitched as the future, the silver bullet, the technology that will finally solve the plastic waste problem. And to be fair, it is an interesting area with a genuine role to play. But here is the thing nobody shouts about loudly enough: mechanical recycling, the kind we do every single day at IPL Brightgreen, is already delivering the environmental results that chemical recycling is still promising.