Resourceful conference

Dr Dhivya Puri

25th January 2018

How are these business models related?

Where is the value?

Apps Bolt-ons

Energy

Plastics & materials

Metals & glass

Chemicals & fuels

Technology

Pulping Separation Recovery

Paper / card

Rigid plastics

Metals

Flexible plastic

packaging

Food waste

Glass

Environmental issues

Plastic waste

Circular economy

Recycling rates

• Incremental increases

• Plateauing recycling rates

• Something needs to change

Waste industry solution

• Increase incineration capacity

• ‘Solves’ waste problem

• ‘Recycles’ material into energy

• Low materials recovery

• Only ‘part’ of the solution

Recycling challenge / Fiberight solution

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80

60

40

20

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ge (

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EU Targets

55

60

65

> 80

UK recycling rates

‘App’ development

Recovery

Paper / card

Rigid plastics

Metals

Flexible plastic

packaging

Food waste

Glass

University Partners Commercial Partners

The Sugar ‘App’

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Enzymes

Chemical reaction

Biological reaction

Glucose

The application – Biobased Resin

Lab Scale (2015)

Pilot Scale (2016)

Production scale (2017,2018)

• Pilot Plant (kg scale) – Southampton, UK

• Demonstration plant (15,000 tpa) – Virginia, USA

• Commercial plant (150,000 tpa) Maine, USA (2018)

Scale through development platform (reduces costs)

Commercia l development

• Present technology can process 1-2% of the worlds waste (~35M tonnes)

• Ambition: Develop ‘Apps’ to increase value and market share

• Seeking: Strategic collaborative and Investment partners to help achieve our vision

Growth & par tnerships

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