Consumer Goods Packaging will be the most valuable segments for plastic recycling in 2025
Sources: Solidus, Expert interviews, AMI, CMC, Booz & Company, see Appendix
Virgin Quality R-Polymer (VQRP) production at scale is only possible with Chemical recycling.Food Contact is the largest individual market.Of Mechanical Recycling, toiletry and cosmetics will be the highest value product segment for recycled HDPE, PP and LDPE in the future.Mechanical recyclates will have to be odourless and colour neutral and have consistent quality.Only a steady supply of post consumer recyclates and control over the sorting can fulfil that goal.A market leader will need to secure a clean and relia-ble supply from outside of Europe to maintain rea-sonable pricing.
Refuse Sacks
Shopping Bags
Creates &Boxes
Pellets &Containers
Very High
Very Low
Very Low
Very High
Price sensitivity
Quality Requirements
Food &Beverages
HouseholdChemicals
CosmeticsToiletry &
>25 Bn
4
15
Chemical Recycling is the only viable technology forfood packaging except for PET