DePoly through to VentureKick Stage 2!

Conventional PET plastic recycling systems suffer several challenges, as they require accepted PET plasticwaste to be ideal -- uncontaminated by the presence of PVC (or other) plastics, food residue, or uncleaned containers. EPFL spin-off DePoly has developed a room-temperature process that depolymerizes PET and other ester-based plastics, without the need to sort or clean plastics first. This will make it easier to recycle more plastic, more efficiently while using less energy.

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