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What are the big challenges for recycling in specialty plastics?

What are the big challenges for recycling in specialty plastics?

Update: 2025-08-26
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Torsten Heinemann, head of group innovation and sustainability at Covestro and member of the Global Impact Coalition's executive committee, joins the podcast to discuss the challenges inherent in using recycled material as a feedstock for specialty plastics. Key topics include why it's so difficult drop new raw materials into a process, bottlenecks to expanding recycling, Covestro's efforts to develop and scale technologies in this area, and the importance of cross-industry collaboration.

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What are the big challenges for recycling in specialty plastics?

What are the big challenges for recycling in specialty plastics?