Last year, a Rabobank specialist told PackagingInsights that they expect the number of chemical recycling facilities will more than double before 2025, reaching well over 200. Notable major companies joining this trend with pilot projects and scale-up sites include Huhtamaki, which recently set up a plant in India. Also, in July, Trinseo partnered with Dutch circular business innovations company GMP Group to develop an advanced recycling facility for polystyrene. Despite these projects and the rate at which development is moving globally, some environmental researchers question both the viability and impact of chemical recycling. This week, a study published yesterday by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) found that greenhouse gas emissions from plastic packaging pyrolysis are nine times higher than that of mechanical recycling. Accordingly, ZWE is urging the EC and industry leaders to prioritize the scale-up of mechanical recycling to meet the growing demand for recycled content.