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Europe’s Plastics Dilemma: How the Industry Is Breaking the Cycle—and Where We Go from Here.
Europe’s plastics recycling industry has grown rapidly over the past decade—driven by sustainability mandates, shifting regulations, and a wave of investor interest. Installed capacity has more than doubled, and financial sponsors have built large platforms in anticipation of long-term demand.
Europe’s Plastics Recycling Sector: M&A Activity Remained Muted in 2024
Europe’s plastics recycling sector experienced its lowest M&A activity since 2020, with just seven disclosed deals in 2024. This update explores the structural and market forces behind the decline, from tightening economics and delayed regulation to regional shifts and plant closures — offering insight into where selective capital may return and how the sector might evolve ahead of 2030 targets.
Introducing Revive Feedstock Solutions: Redefining Recycling for Hard-to-Recycle Materials
Revive Feedstock Solutions is dedicated to advancing the circular economy by addressing the complexities of hard-to-recycle materials, particularly plastics. Leveraging decades of industry expertise, we specialize in identifying, aggregating, and valorizing feedstock for high-value applications.
At Revive, we’re turning underutilized waste streams into valuable resources, driving sustainability, and making recycling initiatives more practical and impactful. Together, we can redefine the future of recycling.
Case study: Building a value-chain for hard-to-recycle packaging plastics
Corporates continue to face a challenge meeting their recycled content commitments – in particular in flexible packaging. The market for such recycled materials has simply not existed and so neither does the value chain.
Anchor has been collaborating with several corporates to solve this gap, by launching projects to build and connect the value-chain from waste material back to end product demand.