plastic waste management market

12 Sep 2023  |  Global

Growth Opportunities for Global Plastics in Consumer Goods & Household Applications

Product Developments in Plastics Made with More Recycled Content Support Sustainability Trends

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This study presents an assessment of the global market for plastics in consumer goods and household products. Analysis covers the demand for plastics in consumer goods by end-use application, including housewares, furniture, footwear, and toys and sports equipment; and by plastic type, including commodity plastics, engineering plastics, thermoplast...

11 Sep 2023  |  Global

Growth Opportunities in a Circular Economy for Plastics

Increased Demand for Sustainable Solutions and Need to Make New Plastic Products with More Recycled Content Will Enhance the Growth Pipeline

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This study will provide a comprehensive understanding of the circular economy for plastics by exploring two key areas: the market for recycled plastics and a qualitative analysis of methods to enhance plastics circularity. The research includes an overview of the demand for recycled PE, PP, PET, PVC, PA, and ABS in various industries. It expands on...

This research service provides a comprehensive analysis of the chemical recycling of plastic packaging market. Chemical recycling is an important complementary solution to the well-established mechanical recycling of plastic packaging, enabling the processing of hard-to-recycle, mixed, and contaminated plastic waste. Chemical recycling offers a muc...

The plastic packaging industry is trying to increase the quality of secondary materials and introduce post consumer recycled content in new packaging to reduce plastic waste. Extended producer responsibility policies among fast-moving consumer goods companies, rising consumer awareness, and sustainability goals such as the European Union target of ...

This study offers an overview of high-performance plastics (HPP) demand and its prospects in various end-use sectors. It is segmented into automotive, aerospace, industrial, infrastructure and construction, medical, and electrical and electronics industries. In addition, these segments are further bifurcated into the following: • Polymer: E...

18 May 2023  |  Global

Global Medical Plastics Market Growth Opportunities

Increasing Healthcare Expenditure Enhances Future Growth Potential in Developing Economies

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Medical plastics are largely used across the healthcare sector for manufacturing diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, equipment, surgical/non-surgical instruments, labware, prosthetics, implants, and healthcare packaging products. These offer various advantages over conventional materials such as metals, paper, and glass, including light wei...

The circular economy approach involves initiatives across material and product life cycles, supporting sustainable resource consumption and waste prevention by assimilating high-tech solutions. The global resource management sector is transitioning toward greater digital technology adoption using disruptive smart technologies and platform-based sol...

06 Feb 2023  |  Global

Global Bioplastic Growth Opportunities

Visionary Perspective and Technology Development will Enable a Sustainable Future

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Today, the vast majority of plastic is still made from fossil fuel and is designed to be durable. However, the twin challenges of reducing fossil fuel consumption and decreasing plastic waste brought in some significant changes to the plastic industry in 2022. Options to counter these challenges include the use of plastic that is biobased or bi...

Latin America faces waste management problems, specifically plastic packaging waste—with annual volumes estimated to be nearly 13.1 million tonnes in 2022 and forecasted to reach 19.7 million tonnes by 2030. As recycling rates in the region do not exceed 10%, the consequences of plastic packaging become evident in the high levels of plastic in la...

Additives form an integral part of the polymer recycling industry. They are extensively used to modify the properties of plastic products during the compounding and processing stages. This study includes discussion about the challenges associated with recycling and the demand for recycled polymers. Four additives—stabilizers, compatibilizers, imp...

This Frost & Sullivan study presents an assessment of the global construction plastics market in 2021 and its future growth prospects. It discusses the different tiers of the value chain and estimates volume and revenue for construction plastics. The study is primarily segmented into the five end-use segments where the following end products ar...

Frost & Sullivan’s global automotive plastics market analysis assesses the current state and prospects for major plastic segments across key applications and powertrain types. The study quantifies the consumption of vital plastics in automotive applications, analyzing the impact of tightening sustainability regulations and evolving trends in the ...

Frost & Sullivan’s annual outlook for the plastics and composites industry provides an overview of the industry in 2021 and highlights disruptive, transformational, and competitive trends that are expected to impact industry growth in 2022. The protracted disruption of the supply chain because of natural calamities, ensuing force majeure events, ...

04 Mar 2022  |  Asia Pacific

Taiwan Plastic Waste Management Growth Opportunities

Transformational Growth of Waste Recycling to Boost New Era of Circular Economy and Sustainability

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Taiwan is on a mission to change its consumption and production patterns and shift towards a global, green supply chain model. The country has taken concrete steps to promote a circular economy and align its environmental and economic goals. It aims to achieve resource efficiency by incorporating high levels of recycling into its waste management s...

This study presents an assessment of the plastics industry in MEASA in 2021 and evaluates its future prospects. The current size of the plastics industry in the region is assessed by factors such as end-use sector growth, substitution potential, political, socioeconomic, regulatory, environmental, raw material trends, and technology adoption. These...

South Korea has one of the highest per capita plastic packaging consumption rates globally, as well as one of the highest rates of collection and recycling. The country is strongly pushing the circular economy of plastic recycling through new policies and initiatives and is building on country-wide programs, such as waste disposal fees based on vol...

This study presents an assessment of the global market for plastics in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in 2020 and evaluates future prospects. This analysis covers the demand for plastics in EEE by end use and plastic type. Market segmentation is broken down into 5 end-use types: consumer electronics, consumer appliances, wires and cab...

Plastic waste generation will increase in the coming years in China, mainly due to the fast development of the Chinese economy and progressing urbanization, posing significant environmental concern. Therefore, the incorporation of sustainable approach to manage plastic waste becomes critical. In 2018, China came out with plastic wastes ban to focus...

22 Oct 2021  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

Indian Plastic Packaging Waste Recycling Growth Opportunities

Extended Producer Responsibility and Plastic Waste Neutrality in Companies Propel Future Growth Potential of Circularity

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A signatory to the Paris Agreement on climate change, India is working toward reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the country. India generates 8.5 million tons of plastic waste with a waste collection rate of 70% to 80% as observed in the last four years. A lack of source segregation and robust infrastructure for sorting plastic waste is the main ...