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Physical and chemical recycling technologies are emerging as powerful tools to increase the recovery of plastic materials and reduce reliance on virgin inputs. This guidance outlines CPP’s position, helping Partners and other critical stakeholders evaluate where these technologies can support a circular plastics economy, as well as where caution, safeguards, and further validation are needed.

What’s Inside: 

• Clear definitions of mechanical, physical, and chemical recycling technologies and how they differ from one another;
• Key considerations for evaluating technologies, including environmental, community, and system-level impacts;
• Guidance on where these approaches may complement reduction, reuse, redesign, and mechanical recycling;
• Insights from CPP research and partner engagement across the value chain; and
• Considerations for responsible investment, including risks, trade-offs, and the need for safeguards.
  

This Guidance was developed over a two-year period by the Canada Plastics Pact, with support from CPP’s Advanced Chemical Recycling Taskforce and significant consultation with CPP Partners.