Agilyx, a provider of chemical recycling technology, has successfully demonstrated its depolymerisation technology in Japan at Toyo Styrene's chemical recycling facility. This facility, which has a recycling capacity of ten tons per day, will convert post-use polystyrene into styrene monomer using Agilyx's technology.
Polystyrene is a plastic used in various consumer products. The monomer produced from the recycling process is then used to manufacture polystyrene products with a substantially reduced carbon footprint, compared to those made from virgin materials.
The Toyo Styrene plant's construction was completed in March 2024, and the commissioning process began shortly thereafter. Last week, the facility achieved a milestone by successfully converting polystyrene to an on-specification product. This achievement showcases the latest advancement of Agilyx’s technology.
Agilyx's interim CEO, Russ Main, expressed his satisfaction, stating, "Agilyx's technology has proven its effectiveness with the successful production of an on-spec product during the commissioning process at Toyo's facility. This achievement brings us one step closer to completing the first polystyrene chemical recycling facility in Japan.”
The collaboration between Agilyx and Toyo Styrene will continue over the coming months to further optimise the facility's performance.
Agilyx, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, offers technology designed to recycle complex post-use plastics into high-value products equivalent to virgin materials. The company holds 20 patents and claims to be the first to create a commercial-scale waste polystyrene chemical recycling facility through pyrolysis, enabling a closed-loop plastic-to-plastic process.
In December of the previous year, Agilyx and its joint venture partners, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell, announced the final investment decision to build their first circularity centre in Houston, US.
