By combining injection moulding, multi-material gravimetric dosing (with an optional slide feed station for introducing glass fibres and minerals) and compounding, the DCIM technology can significantly reduce the amount of CO₂ emissions.  The technology avoids additional heating and cooling of the polymer, as well as reducing transport costs from the compounding company to the moulding company.  The total energy for this process is approximately 500Wh per kg, saving 264kg of CO₂ per tonne of compounded material.  The system offers additional benefits such as eliminating the need to dry the compounded material again, up to 30% improvement in plasticising performance and the ability to process recycled materials without intermediate steps for the preparation of the material.