Post by Stephan Krueger

I have known Laurens Trebes and Nilesh Inamdar since 2018, when Laurens was running a 100kg pilot reactor in Moerdijk and testing different waste streams for companies that wanted to understand what chemical recycling could do. What I always appreciated about Laurens and Nilesh at Patpert Teknow was the way they approached this technology. Chemical recycling is complex, but they never made it look mysterious. They stayed pragmatic, open and close to the real technical questions...but with shockingly simple solutions to complex problems. And maybe the name fits the moment quite well. Teknow. They KNOW the technology, and the industry needs technology that works NOW! There are several promising technologies out there. Some have already shown that they can work. But we need more of them, and we need them faster. Chemical recycling does not only need working technology. It also needs working regulation. Many players are still building, improving and scaling their setups. Others are waiting for the legislative framework that finally gives investors, producers and offtakers the confidence to move. This is where we cannot afford to lose more time. I really hope that Patpert Teknow and Xycle can show that their setup works. Not because they are the only ones on this path, but because every credible success matters in a field that is still difficult, expensive and full of technical and regulatory obstacles. Wishing Laurens, Nilesh from Patpert Teknow and the first Xycle plant every success on this rocky road of chemical recycling. #ChemicalRecycling #AdvancedRecycling #PlasticRecycling #CircularEconomy #PlasticsIndustry #RecyclingTechnology #Pyrolysis #SustainablePlastics #WasteToValue #RecyclingInnovation