Chemical recycling is a technology that, in the context of the Canadian environment, will likely be needed, because mechanical recycling alone will not provide all of the capacity needed. The industry is investing heavily in multiple technologies, and the federal government has supported science research or, in some circumstances, the technology itself.
Colleagues at Innovative Solutions Canada at Economic Development Canada, through their funding program, would have a specific example of where the government has invested to support the early advancement of this technology.