BTO 2026
Technology is ready. The rules – urgently needed – aren’t.
Why recycling won’t scale without policy.
In this fourth edition of the Brightsite Transition Outlook, the required transition to a circular chemical industry is approached as more than just a technological challenge.
Barriers of implementation of circular options include economic factors, technological maturity, infrastructure gaps and regulatory gaps.
If we consider the chemical industry crucial to our prosperity and strategic autonomy, it must be matched by a fair and future-proof playing field. Only then we can make the leap from ambition to delivery.
Céline Fellay: “This BTO, published at a time when the future of the chemical industry in the Netherlands and Europe is at stake, aims to help clarify what needs to be done to create a sustainable future for the industry as part of our society.”
Dave Beijer: “Chemistry is not only a climate issue, but also a matter of strategic autonomy and security of supply.”
Pim Piek: “We have an urgent message with this BTO and hope, in addition to our broad target group of people within the industry with substantive knowledge and policymakers, to also reach the wider public.”
Discover the Brightsite Transition Outlook
This new report offers in-depth insights into what it takes to secure a sustainable future for the industry, our economy, and the environment.
In the first part of the 24-page BTO, the functioning of the linear economy is discussed from the perspective of the various players (actors) involved in plastic based value chains. The second section highlights and explains the benefits of a flourishing circular economy could bring to society. The third section analyses what is hindering the further deployment of circular solutions, again based on the perspectives of actors, both existing and new in circular value chains. The fourth section explores solutions aiming at overcoming these barriers and advancing towards closed material cycles. The final section summarizes our conclusions and offers recommendations for future actions to promote sustainable practices within the chemical industry. Throughout this BTO, the SCIARS™ model developed by Brightsite illustrates concepts and is applied quantitatively to a case study as an illustration: the polyamide 6 value chain.
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Do you want to contribute to the transition of the chemical industry?
Brightsite is committed to achieving a sustainable, competitive chemical industry. To this end, we make an important contribution to the chemical industry’s transition to renewable energy and raw materials, with the aim of making the sector climate-neutral while preserving jobs.
Do you recognise yourself in Brightsite’s approach? Would you like to know more about how we view the transition in the chemical industry or would you like to work with us?