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Chemical recycling technology for plastic waste

handigarh-based startup decade, enables the conversion commonly used plastics, such as
PolyCycl has launched its of single-use and hard-to-recycle polyolefin packaging, from ending
patented chemical recycling plastics into food-grade polymers, up in landfills or incinerators.
technology which produces renewable chemicals, and Instead, it allows them to be
Cvirgin-quality recycled sustainable fuels. continuously recycled without any
polymers that meet the stringent The technology presents a closed- loss in quality. This technology is
standards required for food-contact loop recycling solution, preventing highly scalable and has a cost-
and pharmaceutical packaging. effective design.
PolyCycl’s technology combines
its patented ContiFlow Cracker™
— a fully continuous thermo-
chemical pyrolysis process — with
PyOilClean™ refining technology.
The process breaks down waste
plastics into liquified hydrocarbon
oils, which are further purified to
remove contaminants.
The resulting chemical
feed stocks can be used by
petrochemical and hydrocarbon
industries to produce new low-
carbon materials, including circular
polymers. This fully indigenous
innovation, developed over a

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