noun
feedstock recycling
Technical term in chemical engineering and waste management. Refers to recycling processes that convert waste plastics or other materials back into basic chemical feedstocks (e.g., monomers, oils) rather than simply remelting or shredding. Often contrasted with mechanical recycling and thermal recycling. It is wasei-eigo from 'feedstock recycle'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from feedstock recycle
See also: ケミカルリサイクル
フィードストックリサイクルは、廃プラスチックを化学原料に戻す技術です。
Feedstock recycling is a technology that turns waste plastics back into chemical raw materials.
この工場ではフィードストックリサイクルによって混合プラスチックから油を生成している。
At this plant, they produce oil from mixed plastics through feedstock recycling.
Thermal recycling recovers energy by incinerating waste, whereas feedstock recycling aims to recover chemical building blocks.
Wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English) from 'feedstock' and 'recycle'. The term is used in Japanese technical contexts to describe a specific type of chemical recycling, and does not directly correspond to a standard English compound.