The "high-value" of recycled plastics lies not only in performance enhancement but also in meeting the demands of the high-end market through the integration of aesthetic design and technology.

• Covestro's CMF solutions: Through big data analysis and consumer research, unique visual and tactile designs for recycled plastics are developed to help brands convey their environmental理念. For example, its recycled plastic products have been used in structural components for high-end consumer goods, featuring a tensile strength of 150MPa and an impact resistance of 20KJ/㎡.

• Arkema's bio-based fabric: An outdoor apparel fabric made from 100% bio-based Rilsan® PA11, which is not only recyclable but also quickly wicks moisture, is abrasion-resistant, and water-repellent, making it a new favorite among luxury brands.

• R-Mo Environmental Protection Food Grade R-PP: Breaking through the recycling barriers of polyolefins, with transparency and odor indicators approaching those of virgin materials, achieving over 80% carbon reduction, and already used in high-end applications such as toys and automobiles, with a penetration rate exceeding 50%.

Industry Value: Recycled plastics have evolved from "low-cost substitutes" to "brand premium carriers," driving the circular economy from a cost-oriented approach to a value-driven one.

• Nippon Steel's twin-screw extruder: It continuously decomposes plastics through screw shear heat, capable of processing various raw materials such as film scraps, achieving a monomer recovery purity of up to 99%, realizing a closed-loop cycle for upstream and downstream.

• Wanrong Technology's pyrolysis equipment: Utilizing flexible sealing and ultra-low emission technology, it converts mixed waste plastics into pyrolysis oil, gas, and carbon. The patented technology is globally covered and has been put into production in multiple countries.

• Donggeng Chemical Cyclone Crystallizer: Purifies high-purity materials with 99.999% purity at an ultra-low energy consumption of 230kg steam/ton, capable of continuous large-scale production with a single unit of equipment.

Industry breakthrough: Chemical recycling efficiency improved by over 30%, operating costs reduced by 50%, and the industrialization process accelerated.

PLA is biodegradable, but the lack of a recycling system at the back end has led to controversies over "pseudo-environmentalism." Guanghua Weiye's "X-type" closed-loop technology offers a new perspective.

• Low-carbon循环: Using recycled materials to produce PLA reduces carbon emissions by 60% compared to virgin materials, promoting the true realization of "cradle to cradle" for bio-based materials.

The biological enzyme technology of Yuan Tian Biotechnology has ushered PET recycling into an era of "gentle and efficient."

• Disruptive Technology: PET degrading enzymes modified by genetic engineering can depolymerize waste materials such as polyester and bottle flakes into monomers at room temperature and pressure, and then re-polymerize them into food-grade rbPET.

• Infinite循环: Recycled PET can be reused multiple times in fields such as optical devices and textile fibers, with zero performance loss in the recycling process.

Industry significance: The energy consumption of the biological enzyme method is only 1/3 of that of the traditional chemical method, and there are no pollution emissions, making it a promising mainstream path for PET recycling.

Mechanical recycling breaks through the bottleneck of performance degradation through intelligent and refined transformation.

• Dual sorting system: 0.375mm ultra-clear CCD camera, 1mm metal detection accuracy, capable of sorting over 40 types of polymers, with an impurity removal rate exceeding 99%.

Conclusion: High-value recycled plastics are defining the materials of the future.

From "waste" to "fine products," the five major innovation directions of recycled plastics not only provide technical support for environmental protection but also open up a high-end application market worth hundreds of billions. In the future, with policy-driven initiatives and the explosive demand for green consumption, those who can seize the high ground of value-added technology will lead the next decade in the wave of the circular economy.