Plastic waste is a continuously growing issue around the world, and many different players are working towards finding various solutions for this problem. Different methods of polymer recycling are newly emerging, while other methods have existed for quite some time, such as mechanical recycling.
Mechanical polymer recycling accounted for the largest share of global revenues from polymer recycling, at approximately 42.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.
Revenue of polymer recycling worldwide in 2020 by method
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statista. (July 20, 2020). Revenue of polymer recycling worldwide in 2020 by method (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125873/global-polymer-recycling-revenue-by-method/
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