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Envalyx

Transforming industrial plastic waste into valuable chemical building blocks.

Envalyx develops proprietary enzyme-based solutions to economically upcycle hard-to-recycle industrial plastics into specification-grade intermediates for remanufacturing.

PA-66 & technical textilesPolyurethane foamsMultilayer films

Snapshot

What Envalyx delivers

A fast read on materials, outputs, and how we work with partners before diving into the details below.

Materials

Tackling the hardest plastic waste

Industrial-grade nylons, polyurethane foams, and complex multilayer films that resist conventional recycling methods.

Hard plastics
Outputs

Chemical-grade intermediates

High-purity monomers and building blocks that meet strict remanufacturing specifications for premium applications.

Quality-first
Engagement

Collaborative development model

Joint pilots designed for your infrastructure. Technical details, process economics, and performance data shared with partners upon request.

Partnership-driven

The challenge

Why current solutions fail

Mechanical recycling

  • PA-66 crystallinity and fillers resist re-melting, leading to brittle downgrades.
  • Polyurethane foams scorch and lose performance when reheated.
  • Multilayer films stay contaminated with tie layers and barrier chemistries.

Conventional chemical routes

  • High temperature and pressure make economics hard for diffuse waste streams.
  • Mixed outputs require expensive separations and still leave impurities.
  • Energy and solvent intensity undercut the climate benefit of advanced recycling.

Single-enzyme approaches

  • One enzyme rarely handles co-monomers, additives, and coatings together.
  • Limited access to buried layers or crosslinks slows reaction rates.
  • Fragile enzymes struggle at the process conditions needed for industrial waste.

The Envalyx approach

Industrial-scale biocatalytic upcycling

Our proprietary enzyme technology addresses the complexity of real-world plastic waste streams, delivering economically viable pathways to high-purity chemical intermediates. Developed through rigorous substrate analysis and process engineering.

1

Feedstock characterization

Comprehensive analysis of real-world waste streams to design processes that address actual material complexity, not idealized lab conditions.

2

Proprietary enzyme systems

Advanced biocatalytic approaches engineered for compatibility with industrial substrates and product specifications.

3

Process optimization

Systematic development of conditions and controls to achieve target conversion rates and product quality at relevant scale.

4

Specification-grade outputs

Clean intermediates meeting remanufacturing standards for nylon, polyurethane, and specialty chemical applications.

Applications & economics

Built for real feedstocks

Designed with partners to slot into existing infrastructure while enabling material circularity and product-grade outputs.

Nylon

Focus

Feedstock: Technical textiles, automotive components, e-waste housings.

Target outputs: Nylon precursors and chemical intermediates suitable for repolymerization.

More detail on the Applications page

Polyurethane foams

Focus

Feedstock: Post-consumer mattresses, appliance foams, flexible scraps.

Target outputs: Polyols and diols meeting specifications for polyurethane manufacturing.

More detail on the Applications page

Multilayer films

Focus

Feedstock: Food-grade barrier films, pouches, complex packaging.

Target outputs: Separated monomers from barrier and structural polymer layers.

More detail on the Applications page

Ecosystem

Partners & supporters

We collaborate with accelerators, industrial partners, and research organizations to advance enzymatic recycling solutions for complex plastic waste.

Planet B.io
Ecosystem hub
Biotech Booster
Support Program
ICGEB
Research Partner
Universiteit Leiden
Knowledge Host

Ready to collaborate

Partner with us on your toughest waste streams

Whether evaluating advanced recycling options for PA-66, polyurethane foams, or multilayer films, we collaborate with partners upon request to develop tailored solutions aligned with your infrastructure and product specifications.