The market scale of recycled polypropylene (recycled PP) continues to expand, and my country’s output maintains a growth trend

Recycled polypropylene, also known as recycled PP, refers to recycled plastic made by subjecting recycled polypropylene to secondary thermoplastic treatment. Recycled polypropylene has the advantages of low production cost, good impact resistance, lightweight, good dimensional stability, and non-toxicity. It is widely used in many fields such as industrial equipment, packaging, construction engineering, synthetic fibers, and automobile manufacturing.

In December 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “Implementation Plan for the Strategy to Expand Domestic Demand during the 14th Five-Year Plan”. The document clearly proposed to increase the recycling of waste agricultural films, waste plastics, waste tires and other renewable resources, and establish and improve a green product standard system. Recycled polypropylene is a segmented product of recycled plastics. Driven by national policies, the development speed of my country’s recycled polypropylene industry will further accelerate.

Recycled polypropylene raw materials come from a wide range of sources, including plastic chairs, footbaths, plastic boxes, buckets, woven bags and other waste plastic daily necessities. In recent years, with the tightening of national environmental protection supervision, the rapid development of the recycling economy, coupled with the sufficient supply of raw materials, has driven the continuous increase in my country’s recycled polypropylene production. According to the “2023-2028 China Recycled Polypropylene (Recycled PP) Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report》shows that my country’s recycled polypropylene output will reach 4.16 million tons in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. It is expected that in the future, driven by market demand, my country’s recycled polypropylene production will further increase and will exceed 5 million tons by 2028.

​​​​Recycled polypropylene is used in a wide range of applications, including industrial equipment, packaging, construction engineering, synthetic fibers, automobile manufacturing, etc. In the field of industrial equipment, recycled polypropylene can be used as the main material for machinery casings, including mold coolers, scrap recycling machines, welding machines, etc.; in the field of packaging, recycled polypropylene can be used to produce cement bags, food packaging bags, feed packaging bags, and fertilizers. Bags, etc.; in the field of construction engineering, recycled polypropylene can be used to produce construction pipes; in the field of automobile manufacturing, recycled polypropylene can be used to produce automobile dashboards, automobile bumpers, and automobile door inner panels.

With the accelerated development of downstream industries, the global recycled polypropylene market continues to expand and will exceed US$10 billion in 2022. American KW Company, American MBA Company, French Veolia Company, German Cabka Group, Italian Sirmax Group, etc. are world-renowned recycled polypropylene suppliers. Compared with overseas developed countries, my country’s recycled polypropylene industry started late. Local companies focus on the production of mid- to low-end products, while high-end products rely on imports.

         Industry analysts said that recycled polypropylene has a wide range of applications and the market size is constantly expanding. Sanhong Renewable Resources, Kehuan Renewable Resources, Botao Synthetic Fiber, Guanhong Plastics, Luhai Environmental Protection, and Yameida are the main suppliers of recycled polypropylene in my country. In the future, as the level of technological innovation of local enterprises improves, the localization process of my country’s high-end recycled polypropylene market is expected to accelerate.