Patented, advanced
recycling solutions for
hard to recycle waste plastics

Patented, advanced
recycling solutions for
hard to recycle waste
plastics

Over 300 million
tons of plastic waste
was generated in 2015
Increase in plastic waste generation  over the last 60 years
Geyer et al., "Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made" (2017)
PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology paves the way for a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as flexible packaging films, single use polythene bags, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be recycled endlessly in a closed loop to manufacture virgin, low-carbon plastics. PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology paves the way for a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as flexible packaging films, single use polythene bags, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be recycled endlessly in a closed loop to manufacture virgin, low-carbon plastics.
PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology paves the way for a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as flexible packaging films, single use polythene bags, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be recycled endlessly in a closed loop to manufacture virgin, low-carbon plastics. PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology paves the way for a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as flexible packaging films, single use polythene bags, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be recycled endlessly in a closed loop to manufacture virgin, low-carbon plastics.
PolyCycl's chemical recycling technology paves the way for a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as flexible packaging films, single use polythene bags, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be recycled endlessly in a closed loop to manufacture virgin, low-carbon plastics.

Today, waste plastics
are everywhere

From the deepest trenches on earth to the highest mountains, waste plastics are increasingly being found everyplace, including in the food we eat and the air we breathe.

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Polycycl’s patented technology enables conversion of
low grade plastics to chemical feedstocks and industrial blendstocks using a fully-continuous pyrolysis process.
Polycycl’s patented technology enables conversion of landfill extracted plastics to chemical feedstocks and industrial blendstocks using a fully-continuous pyrolysis process.
END TO END KNOW HOW OF
Extraction of polyolefin plastics from landfills and legacy waste heaps
1

Proprietary know-how related to extraction and pre-treatment of polyolefins from mixed landfill waste using waterless methods.

Mixed Landfill Waste
END TO END KNOW HOW OF
Proprietary
Fully Continuous
Conversion Process
2

Conversion of extracted plastics to
pyrolysis oils using a fully continuous
patented technology.

Segregated Polyolefins
END TO END KNOW HOW OF
Proprietary
PyOilCleanTM
‍
3

Proprietary methodology for refining of
generated pyrolysis oils for economic
value addition and end-use enhancement.

Unrefined Pyrolysis Oils
Refined hydrocarbon oils for use as
petrochemical feedstock and/or drop-in
industrial blendstocks
Qualified petrochemical feedstock for
manufacturing  of virgin plastics.
Retail-ready, drop-in diesel blendstock for use in industrial furnaces and boilers.
Upgradable to transportation and aviation fuel.
Feedstock for manufacturing of green chemicals BTX, Linear Alkyl Benzene, Mesitylene etc.
Refined Pyrolysis Oils
Mixed material stream at landfill site containing plastics, paper, cardboard, metals and organic waste.
Mixed Landfill Waste

END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

1/3

PolyOlefinExtractTM Segregation of mixed plastics from

post-consumer and other waste streams

Proprietary know-how related to extraction and pre-treatment of polyolefin plastics from mixed streams using waterless and low-cost methods.

To complement the plastic-to-oil conversion process, Polycycl has developed proprietary expertise and methodologies, including PolyOlefinExtract for extracting waste plastics from landfill-bound, post-consumer waste streams and PyOilClean for the purification of the hydrocarbon oils generated from the conversion process.
Post-consumer, mixed waste plastics.
Segregated polyolefins plastics for Chemical recycling.
Segregated Polyolefins

END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

2/3

Contiflow CrackerTMPatented, fully-continuous thermo-chemical conversion process

Conversion of extracted plastics to pyrolysis oils using a fully-continuous, scalable technology.

Contiflow Cracker - PolyCyl’s flagship plastic-to-oil technology, chemically recycles landfill waste plastics to high value petrochemical feedstocks and distillates using a differentiated fully continuous, scalable plastic-to-oil pyrolysis process. The technology deploys fully-continuous modular lines that can each process upto 100 TPD of waste plastics, enabling up to 50% reduction in capital cost, with project EBITDA exceeding 50%. The technology stands patented under multiple international grants in the US and India, with additional patents filed in EU.
Fully-continuous, patented pyrolysis process.
Unrefined pyrolysis oils from chemical recycling of waste plastics.
Unrefined
Pyrolysis Oils

END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

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PyOilCleanTM
Proprietary technology for upgradation of generated oils

Purification technology for reduction of contamination, chlorides, wear metals, particulate matter and moisture.

Refined and decontaminated oils generated from waste plastics
Post-treated oils generated from waste plastics.
PolyCycl's proprietary PyOilClean purification technology reduces contaminants, chlorides, wear metals, particulate matter and moisture from generated pyrolysis oils. Refined PolyGreenOil from recycling of low-grade post consumer waste plastics.
Qualified petrochemical feedstock for manufacturing of virgin plastics.
Qualified petrochemical feedstock for
manufacturing  of virgin plastics.
Retail-ready, drop-in diesel blendstock from recycling of plastics for use in industrial furnaces and boilers.
Retail-ready, drop-in diesel blendstock for
use in industrial furnaces and boilers.
The hydrocarbon feedstock post recycling of waste plastics is upgradable to transportation and aviation fuel.
Upgradable to transportation and
aviation fuel.
Feedstock for manufacturing of green chemicals: 
BTX, Linear Alkyl Benzene, Mesitylene etc. from recycled waste plastics.
Feedstock for manufacturing of green chemicals: 
BTX, Linear Alkyl Benzene, Mesitylene etc.

Refined hydrocarbon oils for use as chemical and refinery feedstocks and/or drop-in industrial blendstocks.

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Total
4
END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

1/3
PolyOlefinExtractTM

Segregation of mixed plastics from
post-consumer and other waste streams.
Proprietary know-how related to
extraction and pre-treatment of
polyolefins from mixed landfill
waste using waterless methods.
END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

2/3
Contiflow CrackerTM

Patented, fully-continuous thermo-chemical conversion process.
Conversion of extracted plastics to pyrolysis oils using a fully-continuous, scalable technology.
END-TO-END KNOW HOW OF

3/3
PyOilCleanTM

Proprietary technology for upgradation of generated oils.
Purification technology for reduction of contamination, chlorides, wear metals, particulate matter and moisture.

Refined hydrocarbon oils
for use as chemical and
refinery feedstocks
and/or drop-in industrial
blendstocks.

Qualified petrochemical
feedstock for manufacturing of
virgin plastics.
Retail-ready, drop-in diesel
blendstock for use in industrial
furnaces and boilers.
Upgradable to transportation
and aviation fuel.
Feedstock for manufacturing of
green chemicals: BTX, Linear
Alkyl Benzene, Mesitylene etc.

Contiflow CrackerTM

Flagship Technology

Enabling conversion of low-grade mixed plastics to liquid hydrocarbon feedstocks that are approved for manufacturing of circular economy products and virgin plastics.

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Generates high value
petrochemical feedstock
and blendstock oils
Ease-of-scale
to build modular
reactors each
processing up to
75 tons per day

Enables single-location, large
capacity plants

Fully Continuous
Conversion Process

Patented AutoCharRemovalTM
technology removes residual
carbon char and solids from
the reactor on a continuous,
ongoing basis

Acceptable Resins

HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, PS

Flagship Technology

Contiflow CrackerTM

Enabling transformation of low-grade waste plastics into hydrocarbon feedstocks for production of virgin polymers and other circular economy products.

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Acceptable Feedstocks

Low-grade, landfill diverted LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP and PS
plastics in both rigid and flexible form.

Fully Continuous Conversion Process

Patented AutoCharRemovalTM technology removes residual carbon char and solids from the reactor on a continuous, ongoing basis.

Highly Scalable & Modular

Enables large capacity plants having multiple modular lines, each capable of processing 75 - 100 tons per day of waste plastic feedstock.

Generates Sustainable Feedstocks

Produces pyrolysis oils endorsed and qualified by international petrochemicals for manufacturing of virgin plastics.

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Technologies in R&D

PolyCycl’s purification technologies upcycle different types of post-consumer plastics using a de-lamination, de-inking and solvent-based purification approach.

PolyCycl’s purification technologies upcycle different types of post-consumer plastics using a de-lamination, de-inking and solvent-based purification approach.

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Tetra PakCycl: Solvent based recycling of Tetrapak packaging (Plastics) for recovery of Polyethylene & Aluminium.
01
TM

Tetra PakCycl

Solvent based recycling of Tetrapak
packaging for recovery of
Polyethylene & Aluminium.
MLPCycl: Recovery of purified polyolefins and PET from flexible Multi Layered Plastics.
02

MLPCycl

TM
Recovery of purified polyolefins
and PET from flexible Multi
Layered Plastics.
PETCycl: Solvent based recycling of post-consumer PET (plastics) to recover purified and de-contaminated resin.
03

PETCycl

TM
Solvent based recycling of post-
consumer PET to recover purified
and de-contaminated resin.
PECycl: Solvent based recycling of post-consumer PE (Plastics) to recover purified and de-contaminated resin.
04

PECycl

TM
Solvent based recycling of post-
consumer PE to recover purified
and de-contaminated resin.

Technologies in R&D

PolyCycl’s purification technologies upcycle different types of post-consumer plastics using a de-lamination, de-inking and solvent-based purification approach

Read More
01

Tetra PakCycl

TM
Solvent based recycling of Tetrapak
packaging for recovery of
Polyethylene & Aluminium.
02

MLPCycl

TM
Recovery of purified polyolefins
and PET from flexible Multi
Layered Plastics.
03

PETCycl

TM
Solvent based recycling of post-
consumer PET to recover purified
and de-contaminated resin.
04

PECycl

TM
Solvent based recycling of post-
consumer PE to recover purified
and de-contaminated resin.

KEY FACTS & FIGURES

150+

Man - Years of R&D

5+

Technology Generations

6 Patents

6 Patents

International Grants
(+ additional in pipeline)

International Patent
Grants

1st Prize

1st Prize

National Award Winner
Govt. of India

National Award Winner  Govt. of India

Further Reading

Solvent based purification of plastics
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