A Circular Economy for Coffee Capsule Waste: A qualitative exploration of chemical recycling and advanced sorting of plastic aluminium coffee capsule waste and an analysis of the system barriers and potential interventions to transition to circularity

In recent years, an increasing amount of plastic packaging waste has drawn attention from consumers, media and policymakers alike. To tackle this, the concept of a circular economy (CE) is well established in Europe through the implementation of the European Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy. The strategy places an importance on...