Fighting the flood of plastic: Chinese company revolutionizes recycling!

Fighting the flood of plastic: Chinese company revolutionizes recycling!

At the fifth session of the International Negotiations to Combat Plastic Pollution held in Busan, South Korea, Hunan Vary Tech Co., Ltd. from China presents its innovative technology for plastic recycling. This event is seen by many as crucial as UN member states aim to reduce global plastic production. Vary Tech, specializing in pyrolysis technology that converts plastic waste into valuable resources, also signed a cooperation with a South Korean recycling company to jointly fight against pressing plastic pollution ots.at reported.

The focus is on the chemistry of recycling, where Vary Tech's technology processes up to 150 tons of plastic waste daily and recovers over 90% of the pyrolysis gas. This method also uses 15% less energy compared to conventional methods. These advances are also important in light of alarming studies showing that the annual amount of plastic waste could nearly double by 2050 if current trends remain unchanged. To date, around 121 million tons of plastic waste are produced worldwide every year, and less than 9% of it is recycled tagesschau.de confirmed.

Technological advances and challenges

International cooperation, strengthened by these agreements, could be a turning point in the global fight against plastic pollution. Vary Tech's technologies, already used in China and other countries including South Korea and Japan, offer a promising solution to reduce plastic waste. The company plans to address the challenges of recycling complicated by the different types of plastics and their combination in packaging. Another key issue is the recycling of complex material mixtures, which causes considerable costs and inefficiency in the industry. There are many technological innovations on the horizon to address these issues and increase recycling rates.