Advanced Materials

Vadxx have developed a thermal conversion continuous feed process with an output capacity of 60 ton per day.

Materials corporation Resinate Materials Group has made a commitment to utilise biobased materials and recycled content as far as possible for its range of polyester polyols, and using petrochemical feedstocks when necessary.

Pyrowave have developed a modular Catalytic Microwave Depolymerisation (CMD) to utilise microwaves to depolymerise polystyrene to a range of monomers and intermediates including styrene.

Loop Industries have announced a radical "zero energy" method to recycle PET using hydrolysis to recover PTA and MEG, or methanolysis to recover DMT (dimethylterephthalate) and MEG, both at ambient temperatures and without use of a catalyst.

Jeplan is developing multiple recycling processes including e-waste pyrolysis and PET depolymerisation.

Ioniqa was founded in 2009 as a spin off from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Nexus Fuels employs thermal pyrolysis to convert MSW into fuel. Acceptable feedstock includes PP, PE and PS and Nexus eliminates PVC and PET before pyrolysis.

Airborne bacteria may see what looks like a comfy shag carpet on which to settle. But it's a trap. Scientists have transformed their laser-induced graphene into self-sterilizing filters that grab pathogens out of the air and kill them with small pulses of electricity.

Blest develops a plastic to oil pyrolysis technology which converts PP, PE and PS to a light crude oil suitable for use as diesel, gasoline, kerosene and heavy oils.

Based in Mumbai, India, Agile Process Chemicals' pyrolysis technology which converts waste polymers (PP, PE and PS) and tires into pyrolysis oil, carbon black and hydrocarbon gas.

DPN Aerogel are a Singapore company that has spun-out from NUS. The company upcycle plastic waste to make polymer aerogels IDTechEx interviewed Nhan Phan-Thian (co-founder) and Kim Thoa Duong.

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.

CondAlign have developed a material agnostic process for aligning additives in polymeric resins. IDTechEx interviewed Guttorm Osborg (CEO), Dr Henrik Hemmen (CTO), and Morten Lindberget (VP Business Development and Sales). This profile will give a focus on their work for TIM developments.

PlasticEnergy have a technology HQ in London and have two industrial plants in Seville, Spain.

Plastic2Oil was founded in 2006 and became publicly traded in 2008.

APK have developed a solvent based recycling process called Newcycling. Newcycling enables the separation of different polymer types found in multilayer films, laminates and mixed plastic waste into fractions of pure polymers.

Klean Industries uses pyrolysis to output carbon black and refined fuels from PP, PS and PE. Their process can handle high volumes of PVC and PET waste alongside the ideal polymer feedstock from post-consumer and post-industrial sources.

Fulcrum uses municipal solid waste as a feedstock collected from waste service providers throughout North America.

Enval recycles post-consumer and industrial plastic aluminium laminate packaging using microwave pyrolysis technology into low-carbon aluminium and hydrocarbons.

Creative Materials introduces 125-19(SP)C, a flexible, non-flammable, high temperature resistant conductive ink and coating. This product features excellent bonding to most metal and plastic substrates and has the unique characteristic of bonding well to silicone.