Chemical plastic recycling

Built on

• Ziegler-Natta catalystsRecorded · 1953enables
• Directed enzyme evolutionRecorded · 1993enables
• Plastic-eating bacteriaRecorded · 2016enables

Led to

• Gigascale textile-to-textile plantsForecast · ~2030enables
• Plastics that vanish on cueForecast · ~2030enables
• Zero-landfill citiesForecast · ~2035enables
• Circular chemical industryForecast · ~2050enables
• Landfill plastic digestedForecast · ~2060enables

Sources & evidence

• Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.