Market Scenario Planning: LLDPE Regulation Development report provides NexantECA’s scenario forecast for virgin, green and recycled LLDPE out to 2050 globally.  Scenarios forecast supply based on Business As Usual, Base and Aggressive Adoption scenario assumptions whereby underlying policy, technical barriers and market constraints evolve in fundamentally different ways.  As well as the scenarios, background to policy efforts, detail on market drivers, ongoing project developments as well as cost competitiveness, carbon intensity and pricing mechanism analysis are included. This report is part of our new Market Scenario Planning program which looks at emerging products, market events and end-use industries where scenario forecasting provides more value due to the higher uncertainty associated with the subject.  Scenarios are defined and are informed by NexantECA’s expert knowledge of chemical, fuel and fertilizer markets.

E-waste is the world’s fastest growing and most valuable waste stream. An estimated $62.5 billion USD worth of precious metals from electronics are landfilled and incinerated annually while less than 20 percent of the world’s e-waste is captured through formal recycling channels. This TECH report provides the technological, economic, and market dynamics of the formal electronic recycling industry. This report also examines the status and trajectory of electronic recycling across each continent and the key policies and initiatives shaping the future of e-waste. An economic model for a standard industrial e-waste recycling plant in the United States is also provided.

Monoethylene glycol (MEG) is the main derivative of ethylene oxide and is used to produce PET, which encompasses the fiber industry (textile and industrial applications) and the resin industry (packaging, film and bottles).

This report reviews the chemistry, properties, both conventional and developing technologies, and development trends in polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The report provides bottle grade PET economics for four production processes across several global locations (USGC, Western Europe, Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia) and a historical economic analysis comparing conventional production to bio-based PET and recycled PET. An overview of PET melt phase and bottle grade demand and supply for global and major regional markets is included.