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As institutional capital increasingly flows into ESG-linked investments, verifiable data on recycling efficacy becomes critical for blockchain-based supply chain solutions. The finding that post-sorting achieves similar purity but higher contamination suggests that on-chain tracking of waste streams could add transparency and trust, potentially boosting demand for related tokens over the long term.

A study published in Nature analyzes post-sorting plastic packaging, finding similar target polymer purity to source-separation but higher contaminant levels.