Purecycle Technologies

PureCycle Technologies is a company that focuses on recycling polypropylene plastic into Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) resin with virgin-like properties. Its patented process, developed by Procter & Gamble, removes color, odor, and contaminants from plastic waste. The company is using solvent extraction to achieve this.

Purecycle Technologies have developed a physical solvent extraction method to remove impurities such as colorants and other additives from PP in a two stage process.