SYNOVA

Our new website is live! 🌐 At SYNOVA, we focus on innovative technology for recycling plastics and producing biofuels. We have been busy with: 🔬 Testing new feedstocks 🔧 Improving our technology 🤝 Joining with new partners We are pleased to announce the launch of our updated website. Visit us to learn more about our advancements and sustainable initiatives. Explore here: www.synovatech.com

SYNOVA announces today that Dr. Ir. Nelleke Van Der Puil has joined the SYNOVA Board of Directors as an Independent Director. Nelleke replaces Lynde Coit, who has resigned from his role as an Independent Director.    Nelleke brings with her a wealth of experience in, but not limited to, applied material science and production of sustainable plastic products, including their environmental impact, market acceptance and customer satisfaction.     Nelleke is currently serving as VP Materials at LEGO Group and is responsible for delivering on the company’s strategy with respect to the development and use of sustainable materials for LEGO products. Prior to joining LEGO, she was VP Technology at Avantium. Nelleke holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.    Joerg Krueger, CEO and Managing Director at SYNOVA, said: “SYNOVA has a very experienced Board with profound expertise in financing, legal, and the chemical and plastics industry. With Nelleke joining, we gain the additional perspective of consumers and brands. We are very excited about the opportunity to work with Nelleke on the acceleration of plastic circularity.”  #SYNOVA #Innovation #PlasticRecycling #Sustainability

We are looking for a new Senior Process Engineer in Maassluis (#hiring). SYNOVA is searching for a talented professional to join our team. If you’re passionate about process optimization and innovation, we want to hear from you! Click the link below to learn more and apply today. #ProcessEngineer #EngineeringJobs #Innovation #SYNOVA #JoinOurTeam

🌐♻️ Feedstock for Plastic Recycling Needs to Be Produced   Imagine being tasked with finding 10 yellow balls in a ball pit – easy, right? Now, picture the challenge of separating nearly all the yellow ones from the rest. Quite a daunting task, isn't it?   The world of plastic recycling faces a similar dilemma. Cherry-picking is easy, but producing clean plastic waste for recycling demands extensive sorting efforts, often requiring substantial investments. But what if there's a more efficient way?   🔄 SYNOVA's Perspective: Instead of exhaustive sorting, what if we embrace the idea of allowing some diversity in our plastic waste? Just as the yellow balls could contain a mix of colors, less meticulous sorting can provide high amounts of feedstock for recycling at a reasonable cost.   💡 Key Message: To achieve meaningful strides in plastic recycling, we must reconsider our approach. SYNOVA takes a bold step by accepting less sorted waste, making the recycling process more sustainable and economically viable. It's time to reshape our thinking and pave the way for a greener future.   #PlasticRecycling #Sustainability #Innovation #SYNOVA #CircularEconomy #AdvancedRecycling #ChemicalRecycling #MolecularRecycling #Feedstock #Plastic #Circularity #Gasification #Pyrolysis #Olefins #Recycling #SYNOVATechnology #Cracking ♻️🌍

At SYNOVA we're not just recycling; we're revolutionizing plastic circularity! ♻️   Transitioning from a linear to a circular economy is not just a shift; it's a transformation that turns waste into economic value. With SYNOVA’s game changing technology, we're redefining the narrative around waste management.   Our technology specializes in processing dirty mixed plastics (unwashed, still containing food waste and bio residues), making what was once considered non-recyclable a valuable resource. Unlike traditional methods, our patented process doesn't require the separation or washing of plastics, making it not only economical but also significantly reducing the efforts involved.   This technology is designed to harvest high-value molecules, primarily olefins and small aromatics, from dirty mixed plastic waste. These molecules can be used to produce new plastics with significant CO2 emission reduction.   What makes our process even more sustainable, is our commitment to utilizing every bit of value. Even the energy extracted from the tars in SYNOVA’s superior gas cleanup train is reinvested back into the process, ensuring a comprehensive and efficient waste-to-value transformation.   #CircularEconomy #WasteTransformation #Innovation #SynovaTechnology #Sustainability #Temperature #Cracking #Fastheating #Olefins #Pyrolysis #Gasification #Chemicalrecycling #CircularEconomyForPlastics #Sustainability #Technology #AdvancedRecycling #SynovaTech #Plastic #Circularity #Recycling #SYNOVA 🔄🌐

2024 will be an important year for the future of chemical recycling. The EU will agree and decide on which chain of custody model will be adopted to account for the recycled materials produced via different chemical recycling routes. We at SYNOVA look forward to the decision, because it will provide clarity and unlock investments. Nevertheless, it will always be an advantage to implement chemical recycling solutions that are pretty much agnostic to different chain of custody models, because there is always the possibility that a more stringent legislation will be implemented at a later stage. Our chemical recycling solutions produce plastic monomers in the most direct way and the amounts produced from renewable/recycled carbon feedstock can be physically measured. Therefore, the economic boundary conditions of our solutions are only marginally dependent on which mass balancing model will be adopted and are therefore future proof. #SynovaTech #temperature #cracking #fastheating #olefins #pyrolysis #gasification #chemicalrecycling #circulareconomyforplastics #sustainability #technology #advancedrecycling 

Fast heating is key in steam cracking processes producing light olefins from e.g. naphtha. Our technology provides very fast heating to solid waste feedstocks. It does so in a fluidized bed where up to 50 kg of hot sand heats up each kg of feedstock. It does so by direct contact. Therefore, the hot sand needs a temperature that is only slightly above the targeted cracker temperature of 700 - 800°C. As a result, over-cracking is limited, which is one of the reasons why SYNOVA’s process produces so much light olefins directly from a plastic-rich waste.  #SynovaTech #temperature #cracking #fastheating #olefins #pyrolysis #gasification #chemicalrecycling #circulareconomyforplastics #sustainability #technology #advancedrecycling 

Today, our CEO Joerg Krueger gave a presentation at the #ERTC23 conference regarding “Production of olefins and aromatics from waste” where he explains how it’s commercially viable, with quite a turnout. Thanks to the organisers World Refining Association for allowing Synova to present and share our unique technology. #SynovaTech #Synova #conference #cracking #pyrolysis #gasification #olefins #aromatics #chemicalrecycling #circulareconomyforplastics #sustainability #technology #advancedrecycling #ERTC

So far, pyrolysis and gasification are the only two chemical recycling pathways described to work for mixed plastic waste streams. There is a third way – cracking. A solid waste cracker operates at temperatures between a pyrolysis reactor and a gasifier and produces a product gas that is rich in C2 to C7 molecules, very similar to a Naphtha steam cracker furnace. It therefore enables a significantly shorter recycling loop than pyrolysis and gasification to produce the targeted circular monomers, avoiding additional reaction steps and the associated plastic-to-plastic yield losses. Operating at the “just right” temperature also ensures that unwanted heteroatoms present in the waste like O, N, S, and Cl end up predominantly in small molecules, that can be separated from the circular monomer streams using industry-proven gas-cleaning technologies. Our CEO Joerg Krueger will be speaking about this unique chemical recycling solution developed by SYNOVA and its partners at ERTC 2023 (https://lnkd.in/dwASgmH). Don’t miss it! #SynovaTech #temperature #cracking #pyrolysis #gasification #chemicalrecycling #circulareconomyforplastics #sustainability #technology #advancedrecycling #ERTC23 #ERTC #conference

SABIC, SYNOVA and Technip Energies are progressing well on their project to develop and realize a commercial plant to produce olefins and aromatics from renewable carbon feedstocks such as mixed plastic waste and bio residue. In November 2022 SABIC, Technip Energies and SYNOVA started this collaboration to use SYNOVA’s and Technip Energies’ proprietary technologies to be integrated with one of SABIC’s steam crackers and help drive the shared vision of closing the loop on used plastic. The project is moving forward thanks to the hard work and dedication of the project team.   A big “thank you” to the SABIC-team for hosting the Steering Committee meeting at Brightlands Chemelot Campus and the impressive tour of your Olefins 4 cracker. The Steering Committee is pleased with the progress to date and has, after constructive discussions, endorsed the next steps of the collaboration. Since the weather cooperated as well, we also had the opportunity to take this nice picture. #CircularEconomyforPlastics #Sustainability #ChemicalRecycling #SynovaTech #SABIC #TechnipEnergies #Collaboration