Applications
Targeting industrial plastic waste streams where conventional recycling technologies prove ineffective or economically unviable.
Focus areas
Where Envalyx creates value
Each pathway is co-designed with partners to respect existing collection and processing infrastructure while producing specification-ready intermediates.
Nylon
PriorityFeedstock: Automotive components, e-mobility housings, industrial textiles.
Today: Typically landfilled or downcycled due to additives, reinforcement fibers, and crystallinity limiting mechanical recyclability.
Envalyx pathway: Proprietary enzymatic depolymerization addresses material complexity to recover nylon building blocks at high purity.
Target products
- Nylon precursors
- Chemical intermediates suitable for repolymerization
- Specification-grade monomers
Economics shared with partners upon request
Polyurethane foams
PriorityFeedstock: Post-consumer mattresses, appliance insulation, flexible manufacturing scrap.
Today: Predominantly incinerated or shredded for low-value applications due to thermal degradation sensitivity.
Envalyx pathway: Targeted biocatalytic processing to selectively recover valuable polyols and diols meeting remanufacturing specifications.
Target products
- Polyols for polyurethane production
- Diols and chemical building blocks
- Controlled molecular weight intermediates
Economics shared with partners upon request
Multilayer films & complex packaging
PriorityFeedstock: Barrier films, pouches, and laminates with polyamide, EVOH, PET, and adhesive layers.
Today: Multi-material composition prevents effective mechanical recycling and challenges conventional chemical processes.
Envalyx pathway: Selective enzymatic processing to recover monomers from individual polymer layers while managing adhesives and coatings.
Target products
- Separated polymer-specific monomers
- Recovered esters and glycols
- Purified barrier polymer building blocks
Economics shared with partners upon request