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Most of the waste streams worldwide are non-homogenous and consist of different polymers, additives, pigments, plasticizers, and other organic and inorganic content. The inability to sufficiently pre sort waste streams results in landfilling and incineration solutions.
Plastic Back is able to deal with high complexities of waste, separating the contaminants as part of the chemical process, and thus addressing currently untreated waste streams.
Annual Volume
25M tons
Carbon Efficiency
75%
Mixed Plastic
The use of Polypropylene in multilayer packaging is estimated at around 100 tons/annum and cannot be treated in traditional recycling technologies due to the incompatibility of the different layers.
Plastic Back has optimized it’s process to meet the difficult structure of the multilayer packaging and is able to reach a 85% carbon yield, producing hydrocarbons value of 650 USD per ton of multilayer plastic treated.
Annual Volume
100M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Multilayer Plastic
PVC has an annual production volume of 40M tons and is used in various applications including construction, medical, automotive, clear packaging, and more.
PVC recycling is extremely limited in conventional mechanical and chemical recycling technologies. Plastic Back is able to treat waste streams with up to 100% PVC due to our non-incineration process.
Annual Volume
40M tons
Carbon Efficiency
95%
Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)
A soft, flexible, lightweight plastic material. LDPE is noted for its low temperature flexibility, toughness, and corrosion resistance. LDPE has an annual production of 25M tons and is currently recycled in 'downcycling' processes only.
Annual Volume
25M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Low Density Polypropylene (LDPE)
Known for its high strength-to-density ratio. Wide range of applications including containers and shampoo bottles. Annual production of 67M tons. Currently recycled in mechanical ‘downcycling’ technologies.
Annual Volume
67M tons
Carbon Efficiency
80%
High Density Polypropylene (HDPE)
Polypropylene (PP) is used in various applications including machinery parts, rigid container packaging and flexible packaging. It has a methyl group that improves mechanical properties and thermal resistance, although the chemical resistance decreases. Making it suitable for Plastic Back’s chemical process.
Annual Volume
60M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Polypropylene (PP)
Materials
The Plastics We Cover
Materials
The Plastics We Cover
Most of the waste streams worldwide are non-homogenous and consist of different polymers, additives, pigments, plasticizers, and other organic and inorganic content. The inability to sufficiently pre sort waste streams results in landfilling and incineration solutions.
Plastic Back is able to deal with high complexities of waste, separating the contaminants as part of the chemical process, and thus addressing currently untreated waste streams.
Annual Volume
25M tons
Carbon Efficiency
75%
Mixed Plastic
The use of Polypropylene in multilayer packaging is estimated at around 100 tons/annum and cannot be treated in traditional recycling technologies due to the incompatibility of the different layers.
Plastic Back has optimized it’s process to meet the difficult structure of the multilayer packaging and is able to reach a 85% carbon yield, producing hydrocarbons value of 650 USD per ton of multilayer plastic treated.
Annual Volume
100 tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Multilayer Plastic
PVC has an annual production volume of 40M tons and is used in various applications including construction, medical, automotive, clear packaging, and more.
PVC recycling is extremely limited in conventional mechanical and chemical recycling technologies. Plastic Back is able to treat waste streams with up to 100% PVC due to our non-incineration process.
Annual Volume
40M tons
Carbon Efficiency
95%
Poly Vinyl Chloride
A soft, flexible, lightweight plastic material. LDPE is noted for its low temperature flexibility, toughness, and corrosion resistance. LDPE has an annual production of 25M tons and is currently recycled in 'downcycling' processes only.
Annual Volume
25M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Low Density Polypropylene
HDPE is known for its high strength-to-density ratio. Wide range of applications including containers and shampoo bottles. Annual production of 67M tons. Currently recycled in mechanical ‘downcycling’ technologies.
Annual Volume
67M tons
Carbon Efficiency
80%
High Density Polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP) is used in various applications including machinery parts, rigid container packaging and flexible packaging. It has a methyl group that improves mechanical properties and thermal resistance, although the chemical resistance decreases. Making it suitable for Plastic Back’s chemical process.
Annual Volume
60M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Polypropylene
Plastics are used in almost every aspect of human life. They are durable, fit a wide range of applications, and are cheap to produce. However, out of the 400M tons produced annually, less than 10% are recycled.
Plastic Back addresses this huge problem by diverting plastics from landfills and the natural environment and converting them back to their original form (crude oil). The low temperature, chemical process allows the treatment of difficult waste streams that are not recyclable in current mechanical and chemical processes. The plastic polymer is broken down into short liquid fractions, which can be upcycled to produce new plastics and other everyday products.
The process of depolymerization of the plastic polymer is done via a radical anion attack. Readily available chemicals are used to create ‘free radicals’ which attack the Carbon–Carbon bonds of the plastic polymer. The chemicals are recycled back into the process allowing economic and environmental performance.
A Chemical, Circular Process
01 Low Temperature Process
The process occurs at 100°C. A huge improvement in energy efficiency compared to competition (500°C-1,200°C).
02 Difficult Waste Streams
Treatment of difficult waste streams including PVC, mixed, multilayer, and contaminated.
03 Carbon Negative Process
Reduction of GHG emissions due to the non-incineration process.
Plastic Back Produces Plastic-Derived-Oils, Which Are Upcycled to Create New Products
Materials
The Plastics We Cover
Polypropylene (PP) is used in various applications including machinery parts, rigid container packaging and flexible packaging. It has a methyl group that improves mechanical properties and thermal resistance, although the chemical resistance decreases. Making it suitable for Plastic Back’s chemical process.
Annual Volume
60M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Known for its high strength-to-density ratio. Wide range of applications including containers and shampoo bottles. Annual production of 67M tons. Currently recycled in mechanical ‘downcycling’ technologies.
Annual Volume
67M tons
Carbon Efficiency
80%
A soft, flexible, lightweight plastic material. LDPE is noted for its low temperature flexibility, toughness, and corrosion resistance. LDPE has an annual production of 25M tons and is currently recycled in 'downcycling' processes only.
Annual Volume
25M tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Carbon Efficiency
95%
Annual Volume
40M tons
PVC has an annual production volume of 40M tons and is used in various applications including construction, medical, automotive, clear packaging, and more.
PVC recycling is extremely limited in conventional mechanical and chemical recycling technologies. Plastic Back is able to treat waste streams with up to 100% PVC due to our non-incineration process.
The use of Polypropylene in multilayer packaging is estimated at around 100 tons/annum and cannot be treated in traditional recycling technologies due to the incompatibility of the different layers.
Plastic Back has optimized it’s process to meet the difficult structure of the multilayer packaging and is able to reach a 85% carbon yield, producing hydrocarbons value of 650 USD per ton of multilayer plastic treated.
Annual Volume
100 tons
Carbon Efficiency
85%
Carbon Efficiency
75%
Annual Volume
25M tons
Most of the waste streams worldwide are non-homogenous and consist of different polymers, additives, pigments, plasticizers, and other organic and inorganic content. The inability to sufficiently pre sort waste streams results in landfilling and incineration solutions.
Plastic Back is able to deal with high complexities of waste, separating the contaminants as part of the chemical process, and thus addressing currently untreated waste streams.
Our Solution
Plastic Back is able to treat waste streams with up to 100% PVC by separating the Chlorine from the carbon backbone and then converting the carbon chains to short liquid hydrocarbons. The Chlorines are separated with over 95% efficiency and the carbon backbone becomes available for depolymerization. Both the hydrocarbon fractions and the Cl-treated fractions can be upcycled in existing petrochemical processes.
Dichlorination and depolymerization of PVC is one of Plastic Back’s biggest advantages in an untreated and untapped market segment. The ability to treat PVC, and PVC-contaminated waste streams, opens up new waste streams that until today, have been sent to landfill.
The IP was invented by Prof. Yoel Sasson and Dr. Uri Stoin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
As the 3rd most produced polymer, with an annual production of 40M tons and a wide range of applications, PVC is considered a huge bottleneck in the recycling industry.
Its Chlorine content prevents it from entering mechanical and high-temperature chemical processes due to emissions, and equipment corrosion. In most cases, Chlorine content is limited to under 1% of the total waste stream in entering chemical recycling processes. Chemical recycling is advancing, but PVC is being left behind.
PVC Becomes
Recyclable
Our Product
Oils for a Circular Economy
The produced oils are short, liquid hydrocarbons that can be used as building blocks for new plastics and other products.
To produce these Naphta range oils, the polymer is broken down from 10s of thousands of Carbon bonds to fractions ranging from C5-C15. Selectivity to oil products is possible according to petrochemical specifications and application.
