Recycling Technologies Ltd

The HiBarFilm2 consortium will build on the success seen in our feasibility study project (HiBarFilm) and continue the development of high barrier monolayer films for food packaging applications. Multilayer flexible films, used commonly at high volumes in food and medical packaging, are one of the most challenging plastic products to recycle, these materi...

Waste is created at the point of consumption making waste highly decentralised; waste is generated and collected at multiple locations with high variances in quality and constituent ratios. Being of marginal value it is subject to a lack of accountability, sustainable management (e.g. sourcing & disposal), and to criminality. These challenges contribute t...

Plastic is a material with many beneficial applications; global plastic production reached 388Mt in 2017 and is expected to surpass 1Bt by 2050\. Presently 45% of new plastics are used in short life cycle, single use applications (McKinsey) and just 12% of end-of-life plastic is recycled. Recycling rates are forecast not to exceed 60% by 2050\. At current...

According to PlasticsEurope, in 2018, nearly 360 million tonnes of plastic were produced globally. Of this, around 260 million tonnes ended up as waste. A study by McKinsey&Co in 2016 found that just 16% was collected for recycling, and just 12% actually recycled. The rest was either incinerated, landfilled, or simply lost to the environment. However, to ...

Plastic is a remarkable material with many beneficial applications. Global plastic production reached 320Mt in 2015, and if current rates of growth persist, it is expected to reach 1.1Bt by 2050 (McKinsey, 2018). Yet, only 12% of end-of-life plastic is currently effectively recycled, and recycling rates are forecast to approximate only c. 60% by 2050 (McK...

To optimise pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste.

Recycling Technologies' process is capable of chemically recycling plastic waste. We are determined to reduce the amount of plastic that is either landfilled or incinerated. More than a quarter of the UK's 3.2MT (Million Tonnes) of plastic waste is landfilled because of its contamination with organic material or other plastics. The challenge is to find a ...

The UK generated 3.7 Mt of plastic waste in 2014. Of this, only 1.1 Mt was recycled and 2.6 Mt was disposed of to landfill or Energy from Waste. Even though end-of-life Residual Plastic Waste [RPW] has a high calorific value, it is currently an environmental and financial liability. Recycling Technologies Ltd. [RT] has developed a process that recycles RP...

In the UK, 3.6 MT of plastic waste was generated in 2010 out of which only 0.8 MT was recycled and 2.8 MT was sent to landfills and Energy from Waste [EfW] plants. This is a loss of a valuable resource. Recycling Technologies aims to utilise this potential opportunity. We have developed a technology, the WarwickFBR™, to process end-of-life plastic waste, ...

Plastic is a useful material that can provide savings in so many applications; fuel use is reduced by making cars and planes lighter, food is preserved by cost effective packaging. However, the downsides are all also clear with plastic filling our oceans and landfills. Recycling Technologies has developed a technology, the WarwickFBR™, to recover value fr...

Recycling Technologies, a spin out from Warwick University, has developed a patented system, the WarwickFBR™, which recycles plastic waste into hydrocarbon based product, the RPO. Each year in the UK large quantities of plastic that cannot be recycled through mechanical processes are landfilled or incinerated. It is anticipated that this system, built int...

Recycling Technologies has developed a patented system, the WarwickFBR, which can recycle Mixed Plastics Waste using pyrolysis into a valuable hydrocarbon product, the PlaxOil. A minor product from the system is a gaseous product which cannot be condensed. These non-condensible gases are high in energy and can potentially be reused in the process to suppl...