How to recycle the unrecyclable

The global plastic problem is getting even bigger, but there might be a solution to battle it that has been around for decades: chemical recycling. But do technological improvements make it recycle the unrecyclable? Is this the silver bullet we've all been looking for?

Reporter: Kai Steinecke
Camera: Henning Goll
Video editor: David Jacobi
Supervising editors: Joanna Gottschalk & Kiyo Dörrer

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our channel explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Read more:

Types and techniques of chemical recycling:
https://chemtrust.org/wp-content/uplo...

Plastic recycling in Europe (industry numbers):
https://plasticseurope.org/wp-content...

Technological assessment of chemical recycling:
https://www.umsicht-suro.fraunhofer.d...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 First steps
01:48 Process explained
04:05 Environmental concerns
07:03 Application
08:51 Conclusion

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