There are a few companies claiming progress in chemical recycling. eg.: https://quantafuel.com/ https://quantafuel.com/ | https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/5

There are a few companies claiming progress in chemical recycling. eg.: https://quantafuel.com/ https://quantafuel.com/ | https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/513575 https://newsweb.oslobors.no/message/513575 80% (by weight) recovery into high quality liquids (eg.: nafta). They claim the majority of the energy used by the process comes from the remaining 20%. The acceptable input is mostly PP and PE, the two most commonly used plastics (at least for packaging). A special catalysator is used to remove additives like chlorine.