Technip Energies and Anellotech are set to commercialize Plas-TCat, an innovative catalytic cracking technology that transforms plastic waste into high-value chemicals.

The two companies recently completed a multi-year development program for Plas-TCat, which converts mixed plastic waste directly into base chemicals for use in new plastics.

Their collaboration aims to bring scalable, economical, and sustainable change to global plastic waste management.

The successful development of Plas-TCat represents a major advancement in chemical recycling and circular economy solutions. The one-step catalytic process accepts unsorted and untreated plastic waste, including single-use plastics, flexible packaging, and even some PVC, and converts it directly into benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX), ethylene, and propylene.

While other technologies only enable plastics to be recycled once, Plas-TCat unlocks the potential for infinite recycling, delivering new chemicals that can be used again and again in the production of plastics and even fuels.

Technip Energies’ Chief Technology Officer Wei Cai recently visited Anellotech’s development facility in Texas, U.S., where she remarked: “This achievement is a testament to the power of collaboration in addressing global sustainability challenges. Together, we’ve demonstrated a next-generation, scalable solution that brings real circularity to plastic waste.”