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With only a third of treaty members having implemented any form of EPR, India stands to offer a regulatory model for other nations for developing a sustainable system for managing plastics,” shares Amit Tandon, CEO of PolyCycl, with Aksheev Thakur of The Tribune in their story on #GlobalPlasticsTreaty today. The fifth and final round of UN Environment Programme-led treaty negotiations has brought nearly 200 nations together with the ambitious goal of ending plastic pollution by 2040. Key issues under discussion include regulating harmful chemicals, establishing sustainable levels for plastic production and securing robust financing mechanisms to fund the transition. India, grappling with a significant plastic pollution challenge, has a pressing need to ensure an effective and binding treaty. Such a treaty must align actions across key stakeholders - governments, petrochemical companies, packaging manufacturers, consumers and municipal bodies - to foster a unified and collaborative approach to tackling the crisis. The country has one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive EPR frameworks in the world. This could potentially serve as a blueprint for other nations. However, the framework's success relies heavily on strengthening compliance mechanisms to ensure its widespread adoption and impactful results. Moving forward, the focus must include transitioning to a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, promoting the de-fossilization of plastics through stricter mandates for recycled content and advancing innovative recycling solutions for hard-to-recycle single-use plastics. Combined with responsible consumption, these steps are critical to managing plastic waste effectively. What do you think is the most important step in tackling plastic pollution? Share your thoughts in the comments below! Read more and join the conversation to take this dialogue forward. #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Busan #INC5 #PlasticRecycling #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ChemicalRecycling #PolyCycl #TheTribune

The fifth and final round of negotiations for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty is underway at #INC5 Busan, South Korea. Almost 200 countries have gathered to hammer out a legally binding agreement to regulate the full life cycle of plastics, aiming to end plastic pollution by 2040. Here’s a sobering fact: of the 7+ billion tonnes of plastic waste that humans have generated in their time on Earth, over two-thirds have ended up dumped, burnt, or worse are circulating as microplastics in our bloodstream. This treaty is our once-in-a-generation shot for building a concerted, global collaboration to tackle the challenge of plastic pollution. And at #PolyCycl, we’re optimistic that global leaders will rise to the occasion with pragmatic and binding solutions. Here's what we hope and expect the treaty to deliver: ➡️ Global bans on the most harmful and problematic plastic products and chemicals. ➡️ Enabling a plastic-to-plastic circular economy through collaboration across public, corporate, and financial sectors.  ➡️ Defossilizing plastics, by increased thrust on mandates for recycled content and incorporating old plastics as part of new plastics. #SingleUseToInfiniteReuse ➡️ Global product design requirements and systems for a transition towards a non-toxic circular economy. ➡️ Developing rules grounded in science and accounting for economic realities, including harmonized Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The Business For A Plastics Treaty, convened by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WWF has published a Roadmap towards an effective Global Plastics Treaty that highlights critical elements on which governments must align as a starting point to address plastic pollution. Check out the Treaty on a Page: https://lnkd.in/d534gqMf We’re counting on global leaders to reach a meaningful consensus and make December 1st as the day the world united with bold determination to turn the tide on plastic pollution. #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #PolyCycl #PlasticWaste

The plastic recycling sector has struggled to keep up with the increasing volumes of waste generated worldwide, with global average recycling rates stagnating at just 10-12%. As plastic pollution becomes an ever-growing concern, a shift in how we manage plastic waste has never been more urgent! In this article, our CEO Amit Tandon delves into the challenges confronting the global recycling industry and explores the emerging technologies and strategies that hold the potential to overcome these limitations, fostering a more sustainable, circular economy for plastics. The article offers glimpses into the transformation that’s underway, where more technology-driven innovations and advancements are expected to come online in the next five years than we've seen in the past fifty! Feedback and discussions are most welcome, as also suggestion of topics for future articles.

Happy Diwali from all of us at PolyCycl!  May this season be a fresh start to new hopes, new dreams and endless opportunities. Have a wonderful Diwali filled with positivity and peace! #HappyDiwali

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 As we mark the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 this week, let’s take a pause to consider how waste plastics continue to pose a grave threat to our environment and bio-habitats. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 With the 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 for plastics at just 𝟭𝟮%, more than 𝟵𝟬% of plastics ever manufactured since the 1950s continue to persist in our environment. As a result, an alarming 𝟱.𝟬 billion tons of waste plastics lie accumulated in landfills, cities and water bodies across the world today. In India alone, 𝟭𝟬.𝟮 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced annually, contributing to 𝟮𝟬% of the world’s mismanaged plastic waste. 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵   At PolyCycl, we’re tackling this issue head-on with our 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 that transforms low-grade, waste plastics, such as single-use packaging films, into renewable chemical feedstocks for the manufacturing of new, low-carbon plastics. Plastics are produced from hydrocarbons. Our technology reclaims and 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘀 back into the production cycle, creating a truly circular process. Through our 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, we convert low-grade plastics into 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗢𝗶𝗹™, which serves as feedstock for manufacturing new circular plastics, chemicals, and fuels. The company has developed a 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 that enables a cost-effective conversion of hard-to-recycle plastics into liquid hydrocarbon oils. The process deploys high-capacity, fully-continuous modular lines that enable 𝟲𝟱-𝟴𝟬% yields and up to 𝟱𝟬-𝟳𝟱% 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 versus incumbent offerings. 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Given how mammoth the problem of waste plastics has come to be, we can’t ‘merely recycle’ our way out of the problem today – we need to consume less plastics and produce less litter. For plastics that do reach end-of-life and cannot be recycled using conventional methods, our mission is to convert them to valuable feedstocks and molecules that can be used for a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆. On this International Day of Climate Action, let’s commit to reducing our individual plastic consumption footprint and giving greater voice to support advanced circular solutions. #InternationalDayOfClimateAction #ChemicalRecycling #pyrolysis #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #PlasticRecycling #PolyCycl #endplasticwaste

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 ♻️🌍  At the heart of the waste plastic environmental problem is the 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 of consumption, where plastic products are manufactured, bought, used briefly and then thrown away. Today, such a linear economic system is yielding to a circular paradigm, where disposed and discarded plastics can be converted into 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗶𝗹𝘀. These oils serve as ready feedstocks for manufacturing of new, low-carbon circular plastics, sustainable chemicals and renewable fuels, having applications across various industries including chemicals, transportation and aviation. This shift also paves the way for a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, where hard-to-recycle waste plastics such as single-use polythene bags, flexible packaging films, ketchup bottles with food residues etc. can be endlessly recycled in a closed loop to manufacture new plastics that are identical to virgin polymers manufactured conventionally using crude oil. As we approach 2025, the plastic recycling sector finds itself in a perfect storm, spurred by technology innovations in 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, increasing demand for high-quality recycled content, corporate sustainability mandates and a recognition that the continued perpetuation of the take-make-dispose plastic economy is no longer an available option! 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟱 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝘁𝗼-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆. #CircularEconomy #ChemicalRecycling #AdvancedRecycling #PlasticRecycling #Sustainability #Pyrolysis #PolyCycl

Our thanks to IIT Madras Energy Consortium and Energy Alternatives India for hosting us at last year's Climafix. We had some wonderful discussions and it was truly inspiring to witness the impressive work being done by the deeptech startups at the IIT Madras incubation ecosystem. #Sustainability #ClimateAction #ChemicalRecycling

🌟 Join Our Mission for a Sustainable Plastic-to-Plastic Circular Economy! Are you passionate about working at the intersection of technological innovation, cutting-edge engineering and circular economy? PolyCycl invites talented process and chemical engineers to join our mission at our R&D center in Chandigarh, India. Our technology offers a highly cost-effective, fully continuous thermo-chemical process for converting hard-to-recycle waste plastics into high-value circular feedstocks for manufacturing low-carbon virgin plastics, eco-friendly chemicals and sustainable fuels. 🔎What We Seek: We are seeking dynamic process and chemical engineers with relevant academic qualifications (Bachelors/Masters/PhD) and 3 - 10 years of hands-on experience in process roles within the engineering, chemicals, petrochemicals, or oil & gas sectors. For detailed job requirements, please visit: https://lnkd.in/grCsqAgy ♻️Why PolyCycl?        PolyCycl is focused on addressing one of the largest pain points in the field of waste management – the challenge of recycling hard-to-recycle waste plastics. With over a decade of expertise, we have developed patented technology to convert low-grade waste plastics into high-quality chemical and refinery feedstocks. Our innovation facilitates the creation of a plastic-to-plastic circular economy, allowing items like flexible packaging films and single-use polythene bags to be endlessly recycled, closing the loop on plastic waste. 🌍 What's In It for You? As an engineer with us, you're not just taking a job – you're embarking on a one-of-a-kind journey of technological advancement, crafting a future where discarded plastics are transformed into the building blocks for a circular economy. It's a mission to engineer change, with a salary that’s at par with the best in the industry. Our culture encourages initiative, collaboration, and positivity at work. We are looking for competent individuals who are driven by a sense of purpose and thrive in small teams and autonomous work environments that require a high degree of self-initiative. #sustainability #circulareconomy #chemicalengineering #recycling #hiring

PolyCycl is committed to advancing the plastic-to-plastic circular economy by converting hard-to-recycle plastics into high-quality chemical feedstocks for new polymer production. Join us at the Global Conclave on Plastic Recycling and Sustainability 2024 at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi to learn about Chemical Recycling Emerging Landscapes. Our founder, Amit Tandon, will provide insights into the industry and discuss how waste plastics, such as single-use polythene bags and ketchup bottles, can be endlessly recycled in a closed loop to create new, lower-carbon, renewable plastics. #chemicalrecycling #circulareconomy #advancedrecycling #plasticrecycling #decarbonization #GCPRS

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜-𝐭𝐨-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲? 🌍♻️ Join us then at the GCPRS - Global Conclave on Plastics Recycling and Sustainability in New Delhi. The PolyCycl team will be there for a discussion on their technology for the conversion of hard-to-recycle waste plastics into high-value circular feedstocks. These feedstocks serve as essential raw materials for producing low-carbon circular plastics, eco-friendly chemicals, and sustainable fuels. 🗓️ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: July 4th to July 7th, 2024 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: Hall 11, Booth H-90, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 10 AM - 6 PM (IST) 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/dTcTsWYW See you there! #GCPRS #PolyCycl #ChemicalRecycling #CircularEconomy