Cooperation increases between analytical sciences and recycling

• Analytical sciences are increasingly related to the recycling challenge.
• Recycling for analytical sciences promotes green, sustainable processes.
• Analytical sciences characterize products for optimum recycling and further use.
• Analytical sciences help the conception of new analytical processes for recycling.

Analytical sciences are increasingly related to recycling in line with two approaches:(i)recycling for analytical chemistry (i.e. the design of green, sustainable processes);(ii)the contribution of analytical sciences to the characterization of products and processes during recycling, and the development of new analytical methodologies for recycling.Recent innovations in the literature are outlined.