Polyflow Technology Demonstrates Plastics Recycling System

Polyflow LLC, an Akron, Ohio-based early stage advanced energy producer that has developed a process to convert mixed dirty plastic and rubber into reusable chemicals, has recently demonstrated its process to a group of interested investors and spectators.

The demonstration process incorporated a mixed stream of dirty plastics, which, the company notes, closely paralleled the percentage of plastic waste the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states is annually entering landfills.

With the demonstration process, Polyflow also included unusable latex fishing waders.

The Polyflow process uses pyrolysis technology that heats and pressurizes plastic and rubber waste into liquid form. The company says that it is the only known pyrolysis technology that can process a truly dirty mixed stream of polymer feedstock in order to make a valuable end product. Polyflow also claims that the end product a premium to the West Texas Intermediate benchmark crude oil standard.

Jay Schabel, Polyflow’s CEO, notes that the demonstrations highlight the company’s ability to showcase Polyflow’s technology. “Today’s demonstration provides further assurance that Polyflow serves as the end-of-life solution for all forms of mixed dirty polymer waste. By diverting the $37 billion dollars worth of polymer waste from going to the landfills each year and utilizing it as a replacement for crude oil, we can make a major impact on the earth while providing a very profitable business model to the world. We believe we are the only technology of our kind that shows our potential investors hands on proof of our capabilities with real world polymer waste.”