Covestro has developed a process for the chemical recycling of polycarbonate.

Covestro’s plant in the port of Antwerp has been producing polycarbonate since the 1980s. They have recently developed a chemical recycling process in their Technology Centre that allows them to convert polycarbonate products, such as PC casings, into monomers. These in turn can be used as feedstock for their own polycarbonate production process. The process will be further optimised and scaled up in a pilot plant in Leverkusen, the company said in a press release.