WORLD PLASTICSCENTER
Interactive planning tool

Put a material scenario
into numbers.

Compare baseline and target physical recycled content using your own production assumptions.

Model assumes constant finished-product polymer mass, with no process losses or scrap. It does not model feedstock needed before yield losses, mass-balance certification, technical feasibility or carbon savings.

View the calculation method

Annual polymer tonnes = units × grams per unit ÷ 1,000,000.
Recycled tonnes = total tonnes × content % ÷ 100.
Virgin tonnes = total tonnes − recycled tonnes.
Change in virgin demand = baseline virgin − target virgin.
Optional material cost = virgin tonnes × virgin price + recycled tonnes × recycled price.