Growing volumes of plastic and textile waste are a major environmental problem that needs to be solved through the development of recycling processes. A new research project focusing on recycling plastic packaging of polyethylene terephthalate, PET, and textile waste of polyester will contribute to the development of utilizing the material instead of going to incineration. National Högsäter, together with Swerea IVF and 12 other partners, is part of a group that runs the project "Chemically recycled PET and polyester as raw material for additives and new polymer" with funding from the research program RE: source. The project develops a process to chemically break down the plastic and textile into original building blocks, which can then be used to produce new polymer for PET, polyester or synthesize environmentally friendly plasticizers into PVC.