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CQ engineering plastic solutions for a circular economy
Transitioning to circular economy solutions is crucial for addressing climate change and resource constraints. Embracing this challenge, we are offering more sustainable engineering plastics combined with innovative services and solutions designed to transform industries towards a circular and climate neutral future.
Story · September 3, 2025
Choose your sustainability journey
We’re committed to working with all partners along the value chain to drive the transition to a circular economy. To achieve that we need to invest in not only more sustainable material solutions, but also new services and business models that can truly drive value creation.
Lily Wang
President of Engineering Plastics, Covestro
Waste reduction solutions through mechanical recycling
Our R series transforms post-consumer plastic waste into valuable resources through mechanical recycling. These products divert materials from landfills and incineration while maintaining reliable performance characteristics as recycled materials. By choosing R series products, you contribute directly to plastic circularity and waste reduction without compromising on the quality standards your applications demand, all the while reducing your carbon footprint and preserving natural resources.
Attributed renewable feedstock enables significant** reduction of CO₂ footprint
The RE series leverages bio-circular feedstocks to significantly lower carbon footprints compared to fossil-based alternatives. Using a mass balance approach, these products replace fossil resources with renewable alternatives that are not in competition with food while delivering identical technical properties. RE products offer a straightforward path for significant** carbon footprint reduction without process adjustments in your supply chain or performance trade-offs.
Chemically recycled post-consumer waste for high-purity applications
Our RP series utilizes chemical recycling to tackle hard-to-recycle waste, creating prime quality materials suitable for demanding applications. RP products combine high purity with the use of secondary raw materials, maintaining performance and quality of primary fossil-based polycarbonates. Through mass balance accounting, we attribute the recycled content to specific products, enabling you to advance circularity goals without compromising on the exceptional quality your applications require.
Circular design as a critical enabler for more sustainable product design
Sustainability begins at the design stage. Our Circular Design Guidebook and Circular CMF Guide provide practical frameworks to create products with end-of-life considerations built in from the start, enabling effective reuse and recycle pathways. Complementing these resources, our digital sampling platform Imagio® CQ allows you to visualize and test material options virtually, reducing waste from physical prototyping while accelerating development cycles. Together, these tools empower you to make informed design choices that enhance both sustainability performance and aesthetic appeal.
* Learn more about CQ solutions from Covestro: CQ: Circular Intelligence for our solutions | Covestro ** Carbon footprint can be reduced by up to 100%.
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