No molecule left behind
Building upon our IP to develop new chemical pathways for mixed plastic waste.
Innovation Opportunities
Renew Labs Research
Higher Value Upcycled Feedstocks
Renew One has done extensive research on catalysts for upgrading products for various end markets.
Pathways for Multilayer Materials
Ongoing R&D on developing new pre-processing techniques for contaminated and mixed plastic streams.
Materials Innovation & 3D Printing
Collaboration with industry on finding new end markets for specialty plastics for unique applications.
Opportunity to increase plastic recycling from <10% to 30%+
What is Advanced Recycling?
Chemistry is used to make plastics, so it makes sense to use chemistry to reverse the process. By Recycling plastic back to its basic molecular building blocks, new products can be created, including petrochemical feedstocks which can be used to make new plastic.
Polymerization
Depolymerization
The goal of advanced recycling is infinite recycling.
Thermal Processing & Solvolysis
Types of Advanced Recycling
Plastics have a limited number of times they can be mechanically recycled before they downgrade, which is why advanced recycling is an important part of circular economies. We are creating an ecosystem of valuable resources from plastics, mimicking the way nature reuses products in new forms. Two key methods of doing this are thermal processing and solvolysis.