An Introduction to Chemical Recycling
Virtual: 3rd & 5th November 2025 | Start Time: 8:00 AM New York / 1:00 PM London / 5:00 PM Dubai
Course overview
Chemical recycling is an umbrella term for a range of processes that revert waste to an earlier molecular state. Unlike mechanical recycling, chemical recycling alters a material’s fundamental chemical properties.
Chemical recycling can potentially use waste inputs that are challenging or impossible to recycle using traditional methods. It can also create reprocessed material with properties similar to virgin plastic. As a result it is seen as a critical emerging technology that could enhance the circularity of material – especially plastics – significantly increase recycling rates, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Despite its potential, the industry faces significant challenges, including scaling up technologies, securing a steady supply of suitable waste, and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. Over the past few years, chemical recycling has gained attention from industry stakeholders, investors, and governments as a critical solution for meeting ambitious recycled content targets, and is seen by many as the only viable solution to meet mass-scale food-contact recycled polyolefins – especially in Europe.
However, the sector is still in its early stages, with ongoing developments in technology, infrastructure, and market dynamics shaping its trajectory.
Key topics include
The Introduction to Chemical Recycling Training Course will cover topics such as:
- Fundamentals of Chemical Recycling: Understanding key principles, processes, production routes and technologies.
- Current stage of development: Overview of the state of play for chemical recycling globally, including the global regulatory landscape, and global capacities.
- Market dynamics and drivers: Exploration of how pricing mechanisms are developing, and pricing drivers, with a case-study focus on Europe pyrolysis oil pricing. The influence of feedstock waste values on the chemical recycling market.
- Why feedstock matters: Understanding the importance of securing waste supply, its influence on yields, impurities, production costs, and scalability.
- Future Trends: Insight into upcoming trends, potential new applications, and emerging market opportunities in chemical recycling.
- Challenges and Limitations: Analyse the key challenges and limitations of scaling up chemical recycling processes, the size of those challenges, and the impact they might have on market development.
- Opportunities for Growth: Understand the drivers of growth for chemical recycling, explore future planned capacity, and learn which processes are developing most quickly, and why.
Who should attend?
The Introduction to Chemical Recycling Training Course is beneficial for professionals already working in or interested in chemical recycling, waste management, sustainability or the chemicals industry.
Want to discover more to see if this course is suitable for you or need more information? Reach out to a member of our team.
Course fees
$1,300 (+UK VAT at 20% if applicable)*
3rd & 5th November 2025 | Start Time: 8:00 AM New York / 1:00 PM London / 5:00 PM Dubai – Sign up by 6th October 2025 to receive 10% off with our Early Bird Rate.
*NB: Please enter your VAT number (or local equivalent) on our payment page, otherwise UK VAT at 20% will be applied. Customers based in the UK will be charged UK VAT at 20% whether or not a VAT number is provided.
For group bookings of three or more please contact us:
Joan Brucal
Email: training@icis.com
Tel: +44 33 0161 3209
What to expect in the virtual training?
Fully digital platform
All sessions will be accessed virtually from your computer, tablet or mobile, giving you the flexibility of taking the course at your chosen location and device.
Live and interactive sessions
Understanding the relevance of getting access to information in real time, the course will be delivered live and include interactive sessions providing you with a platform to engage with trainers and other delegates.
Modular approach
The course will run over 2 days with a total of 8 hours of tuition time.
Meet our Course Trainers
Mark Victory, Senior Editor, Recycling, ICIS
Mark Victory is one of the Senior Editors for recycling at ICIS and is dedicated to expanding our coverage across this vital and growing sector. Mark has been with ICIS since 2008, and has covered recycling markets throughout his time with the company. Mark launched ICIS’ Europe Mixed Plastic Waste and Pyrolysis oil report – the first to market pricing index for chemical recycling. Mark is also the editor for the Europe R-PP and R-HDPE pricing services, which he developed and launched.
Egor Dementev, Senior Analyst, Plastics Recycling, ICIS
Egor is a Senior Analyst in the ICIS Plastics Recycling analyst team. He covers recycling markets in the EMEA region. His role includes analysing the supply chain, sustainability and recycling regulation and policies, key industry initiatives and their influence on demand for recycled polymers, and price forecasting.
Egor also contributes to development and maintenance of the ICIS Recycling Supply Trackers – Mechanical and Chemical, which are aimed at providing clarity and transparency to the plastics recycling markets and helping customers to source recycled material.
Prior to joining ICIS, Egor worked in the petrochemical industry focusing on strategic development and sustainability.
Carolina Perujo Holland, Senior Analyst, Plastics Recycling, ICIS
Carolina Perujo Holland is a Senior Analyst in the Plastics Recycling analyst team at ICIS, joining the company in 2019. Carolina follows the recycled polymers market in the EMEA region, contributing to the development and launch of both ICIS Recycling Supply Trackers – Mechanical and Chemical. Carolina is responsible for research and analysis of the Europe and Africa regions and publishes the rPET Europe price forecast.
Additional ICIS training courses
An Introduction to Plastics Recycling
Deepening your understanding of the recycling business – from chemical recycling and waste management to market dynamics across polymers, and much more.
Fundamentals of the Polymers Business
To help you build a deeper understanding of the polymers markets, value chains and dynamics.
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