포장재에 사용되는 폐플라스틱(PCR) 사용량은 8.6%의 CAGR로 증가하여 2026년에는 560만 톤에 달할 것으로 예상됩니다. 현재 이 중 64.7%가 PET이며, 화학적 재활용은 컨버터가 사용할 수 있는 품질의 폴리머 유형을 늘리기 위해 필수적입니다. 화학적 재활용은 대규모 투자를 받고 있으며, 미국 플라스틱 기업은 지난 5년 동안 87억 달러를 투자했습니다.
물리적 재활용(Mechanical Recycling)과 화학적 재활용(Chemical Recycling)의 전망에 대해 조사했으며, 시장 정의와 개요, 관련 법규, 기술 유형과 동향, 시장 규모 추이 및 예측, 폴리머 유형별·지역별 상세 분석, 경쟁 구도, 주요 기업 개요 등의 정보를 정리하여 전해드립니다.
목차
주요 요약
서론 및 조사 방법
규정 및 법률
- 자동차 산업의 재활용 관련 법규제
- 포장 산업의 재활용 관련 법규제
물리적 재활용 및 화학적 재활용 기술 예측
- 물리적&화학적 재활용 공정의 현재와 미래 위치 : 개요
- 물리적 재활용 프로세스
- 화학적 재활용 프로세스
- 열분해
- 수열 분해
- FCC(유동 촉매 분해)
- 촉매 수소화
- 가스화
- 기타 화학적 재활용 시스템
- 화학적 재활용 시스템의 이점
물리적 재활용 및 화학적 재활용 시장 : 폴리머 유형별
- 개요
- 포장 용도에 사용되는 폴리머
- 폴리에틸렌 테레프탈레이트(PET)
- 폴리에틸렌
- 저밀도 및 선형 저밀도 폴리에틸렌 LDPE/(LDPE)
- 고밀도 폴리에틸렌(HDPE)
- 폴리프로필렌(PP)
- 기타 열가소성 플라스틱
- 폴리아미드(PA)
- 폴리염화비닐(PVC)
- 환형 올레핀 공중합체(COC)
- 폴리스티렌(PS)
- 열가소성 엘라스토머
물리적 재활용 및 화학적 재활용 시장 : 지역별
경쟁 구도
- Aduro Clean Technologies
- Agilyx
- Alterra
- Amsty
- Arcus
- Axens
- BASF Chemcycling
- BiologiQ
- Coca-Cola
- Dow
- Eastman
- ExxonMobil
- Mondelez International
- Neste
- Plastic Energy
- SABIC
- Unilever
- 기타
LSH
Features:
- Use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics in packaging is expected to reach 5.6 million tonnes in 2026, with growth forecast at 8.6% CAGR
- Currently 64.7% of this is PET. Chemical recycling will be vital in broadening the range of quality polymers available to converters
- Chemical recycling is receiving major investment, with US plastics companies investing $8.7 billion across the past five years.
This report explores the growing market for mechanically recycled plastics for packaging, and the impending arrival of chemically recycled feedstocks at scale. It combines expert profiles of competing chemical recycling approaches, with critical analysis of key enabling technologies and market barriers to both chemical and mechanical recycling of plastics. This is pursued within a holistic analysis of the polymer manufacture, use, disposal/collection and reprocessing chain; to identify the most promising growth markets across the five years to 2027. Beyond the availability of PCR feedstocks in a new generation of packaging it explores potential uses for such materials in other applications, including automotive manufacturing.
Our exclusive content
- Mechanical and chemical recycling both have vital roles in delivering a truly circular economy for plastics. This Smithers study quantifies current and future production of each process across all leading polymer types, end-use applications, and geographic regions. This is contextualised with data on forthcoming capacity expansions, and how each approach can be leveraged by industry to achieve new minimum content requirements, in an evolving regulatory landscape.
What will you discover?
- The report provides market data for each recycling process and evaluates the competing solutions, with expert forecasting of developments in the industry to 2027
- The study analyses the current state-of-the-art for each technology; the structure of chemical and mechanical recycling markets for 2017-27; and examines how commercial-scale chemical recycling will reshape the materials supply for packaging and other end-use sectors.
The Smithers methodology
This report is based on extensive primary and secondary research. Primary research consisted of targeted interviews with material suppliers, converters and experts drawn from key markets. This was supported by secondary research in the form of extensive literature analysis of published data, official government statistics, domestic and international trade organisation data, company websites, industry reports, trade press articles, presentations, and attendance at trade events.
About the author
Patrick Ellis has spent over 50 years working in the European plastics industry, in a variety of technical, marketing and management roles. He has worked for a number of multi-national organisations, including Shell, Borg-Warner, Monsanto, Hercules, Himont, Neste and the RTP Company. He has written multiple market and technology reports for Smithers on a range of subjects, including thermoset and thermoplastic elastomers, as well as chemical recycling.
Who should buy the report?
- Packaging converters
- Suppliers of plastic materials
- Recycling companies
- Waste management companies
Table of Contents
Executive summary
- Introduction
- The global market for recycled polymers for automotive, packaging, and other applications
- Revue of mechanical and chemical recycling processes, their position, and their future
- The need for recycling plastics and elastomers
- Positive and negative aspects for recycling plastics and elastomers
- The future of mechanical recycling
- The future of chemical recycling
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Scope
- Thermoplastics recycling processes
- Vulcanized elastomers recycling processes
- Thermoplastics and elastomer raw materials used in automotive, packaging, and other applications
- Thermoplastics
- Elastomers
- Processes used in the production of thermoplastics' applications
- Geographical coverage
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Definitions
- Abbreviations and glossary
Regulations and legislation
- Introduction
- Legislation governing recycling in the automotive industry
- Introduction
- Europe
- North America
- Central and South America
- Asia/Pacific
- Rest of World
- Legislation governing recycling in the packaging industry
- Introduction
- Europe
- North America
- Central and South America
- Brazil
- Other Central and South American countries
- Asia/Pacific
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Rest of World
Technological forecasts for mechanical and chemical recycling
- Introduction
- Current and future position of mechanical and chemical recycling processes - general overview
- Mechanical recycling processes
- Chemical recycling processes
- Pyrolysis
- Hydrothermal cracking
- FCC (fluid catalyst cracking
- Gasification
- Catalytic hydrogenation
- Gasification
- Catalytic hydrogenation
- Other chemical recycling systems
- Dissolution or solvent extraction
- Depolymerisation
- Benefits of chemical recycling systems
Mechanical and chemical recycling markets by polymer type
- Overview
- Automotive recycling
- Packaging recycling
- Polymers used in packaging applications
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polyethylene
- Low density and linear low density polyethylene LDPE/ (LDPE)
- High density Polyethylene (HDPE)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Other thermoplastics
- Polyamides (PA)
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC)
- Polystyrene (PS)
- Thermoplastic elastomers
Mechanical and chemical recycling market by region
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- UK
- Italy
- Spain
- Other Europe
- North America
- South and Central America
- Brazil
- Other South and Central America
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Other Asia Pacific
- Rest of World
- South Africa
- Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and the Maghreb
Competitive landscape
- Aduro Clean Technologies
- Agilyx
- Alterra
- Amsty
- Arcus
- Axens
- BASF Chemcycling
- BiologiQ
- Coca-Cola
- Dow
- Eastman
- ExxonMobil
- Mondelez International
- Neste
- Plastic Energy
- SABIC
- Unilever
- Others
Tables
- Material composition of an average motor vehicle (%)
- Positive and negative needs for recycling plastics and elastomers for automotive applications
- Positive and negative aspects of recycling plastics and elastomers for packaging applications
- Transition of mechanical recycling of automotive components in the next few years
- Transition of mechanical recycling of packaging applications in the next few years
- Transition of chemical recycling of automotive components in the next few years
- Transition of chemical recycling of packaging applications in the next few years
- Definitions used in the context of chemical and mechanical recycling technologies and related matters
- Miscellaneous definitions used in thermoplastics, elastomers, and thermoplastics elastomers
- Principal thermoplastics used for automotive, packaging, and other applications
- Other thermoplastics used for automotive, packaging, and other applications
- Other abbreviations used in the context of chemical and other recycling technologies
- Elastomer abbreviations and definitions used by the global TPE market
- Elastomer abbreviations and definitions used in the thermoset rubber industry
- Definitions of components produced from automotive elastomers
- Products other than elastomers used and involved with the global elastomer industries
- Electric vehicles and components
- Benefits and limitations of mechanical recycling systems
- Benefits and limitations of chemical recycling systems
- Specific gravities of commonly found thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers in MSW waste streams
- Global market for plastics and elastomers consumption for nontire automotive markets by material, 2022-27 ('000 tonnes)
- Global mechanically recycled plastics and elastomers from non-tire automotive applications by material, 2022-27 ('000 tonnes)
- Percentage of global mechanically recycled plastics and elastomers from non-tire automotive applications by material, 2022-27 (%)
- Global chemically recycled plastics and rubbers from non-tire automotive applications by material, 2022-27 ('000 tonnes)
- Percentage of global chemically recycled plastics and rubbers from non-tire automotive applications by material, 2022-27 (%)
- Global mechanically recycled plastics from packaging applications by material, 2022-27 ('000 tonnes)
- Percentage of global mechanically recycled plastics from packaging applications by material, 2022-27 (%)
- Global chemically recycled plastics from packaging markets by material, 2022-27 ('000 tonnes)
- Percentage of global chemically recycled plastics from packaging markets by material, 2022-27 (%)
- European mechanical recycling of automotive plastics ('000 tonnes)
- European mechanical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- European chemical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- North American mechanical recycling of automotive plastics ('000 tonnes)
- North American mechanical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- North American chemical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Central and South American mechanical recycling of automotive plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Central and South American mechanical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Central and South American chemical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Asian/Pacific mechanical recycling of automotive plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Asian/Pacific mechanical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Asian/Pacific chemical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Rest of the World mechanical recycling of automotive plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Rest of the World mechanical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
- Rest of the World chemical recycling of packaging plastics ('000 tonnes)
Figures
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by polymer types, 2022 (%)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by polymer types, 2027 (%)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by region, 2022 (%)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by region, 2027 (%)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market growth by region, (CAGR 2022-27, %)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market growth by region, (CAGR 2022-27, %)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by end-use market, 2022 (%)
- Chemical and mechanical recycling market by end-use market, 2027 (%)
