Re4real The real answer to the plastic emergency.
It's all a matter
Of chemistry
Plastic recycling.
The challenge to win.
By 2060, plastic consumption and related waste will be the triple than today's in terms of volume.
More than 40 million tons will be released into the environment, even in the form of microplastics.
Over half of the plastic consumed will end up in landfill, only 20% will be recycled.
No doubts, we have a problem. But also an opportunity.
Re4real, real plastic recycling
Re4real is a start-up whose scientific research is aimed at making
the process of polymer recycling authentic, sustainable and
positive for everyone.
Our solution.
A recycling technology,
rather than a reusing one.
State of the art.
Polymer recycling, like PET, is done mechanically with the aim of giving the recycled material a second life.
Limits and challenges.
What everyone calls recycle however, is just reuse, as it limits the life of the processed plastic material to a single possibility of reuse.
Our approach.
How many opportunities would open up if plastic recycling were truly repeatable and without downgrading its quality? Infinite.
How does 'real plastic recycling' work?
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Chemical recycling of polymers by Re4real
Our catalyst, the heart of the plastic recycling process, uses a mechanism similar to that operated by enzymes in biological chemistry. -
Catalysts of bio-organic origin
We use latest-generation bio-organic catalysts that are non-toxic, biodegradable and metal-free. -
A sustainable recycling process
We transform the polymer into its primary constituents, the monomers, through a chemical process conducted at normal pressure and temperature. -
Infinite lives of plastic
From a polymer to a monomer, through an infinite process without downgrading in quality, to offer companies many opportunities to reuse plastic.