Monday, June 19, 2023
Cycl-add, the PITCH START-UP AWARD winner!
Cycl-add, the PITCH START-UP AWARD winner!
During the last edition of the FIP 2022 exhibition, the Jury members rewarded Cycl-add.
This start-up, based in Maillat (Ain region), specialises in the production of environmentally-friendly additives to promote the recycling of plastics complicated to recycle.
Their goal: to recycle waste destined for landfill or incineration.
To produce its environmentally-friendly additives, Cycl-add has developed a patented cross-linking process that transforms waste powders into plastic granules. The Cycl-add process transforms plastics that are difficult to use (industrial, post-consumer or marine plastics) into characterised plastics, enabling them to be recycled and producing 100% recycled parts for the first time !
"We collect two types of waste: soiled and damaged mixed plastics and industrial waste such as paint cans, which also have no recycling solution. With this waste, we create a new chemistry that enables us to obtain high-performance materials, capable of passing the standards of the gas market for example, 100% recycled, including additives", explains Hervé Guerry.
The use of Cycl-add products enables manufacturers to be more environmentally friendly while maintaining their competitiveness, by limiting the consumption of virgin raw materials (between 20 and 30%), increasing their margins and expanding their markets.