Modern Technologies and Trends in the Secondary Polymer Market

Over the past five years a significant number of technologies to conversion processes to yield new products high-value added petrochemical products have appeared: plastic waste can be returned for processing into value-added petrochemical products, including aromatic hydrocarbons, hydrogen, syngas, and bio feedstock using a variety of technologies including thermochemical, catalytic conversion, and chemolysis. The article discusses the market prospects for the processing of polymer waste and the production of secondary polymers and the regulation and incentive issues and presents the experience of LINK (the production and service center of the LUKOIL Company) on the treatment of polymer waste and assessment of the carbon footprint.