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Bangkok – 25 February 2026: Marking the first-ever collaboration of three industry leaders, Taokaenoi Food & Marketing Public Company Limited, or TKN, a manufacturer of seaweed snacks distributed domestically and internationally, SCG Chemicals, or SCGC, a leading integrated polymer and solutions provider for sustainability, and Dow Thailand Group, or Dow, a global leader in materials science, have jointly announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to revolutionize the snack industry through the “Food-Grade Circular Packaging by Advanced Recycling Technology” project. This initiative aims to sustainably address plastic waste challenges under the concept of closed-loop recycling. This collaboration entails utilizing multi-layer packaging waste from the production processes of Taokaenoi, which was previously difficult to recycle. This waste will be processed using the advanced recycling technology of SCGC and converted back into circular feedstock. Following this, Dow will utilize the feedstock to produce new, clean, and food-grade plastic resins. These resins will then be safely used to manufacture food packaging for the Taokaenoi brand once again. It is anticipated that the packaging will be ready for commercial distribution by the end of 2026. Ms. Orrapat Peeradechapan, Chief Executive Officer of Taokaenoi Food & Marketing Public Company Limited, said, “Taokaenoi is committed to creating happiness for consumers through high-quality snacks, alongside prioritizing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles by emphasizing sustainable economic, social, and environmental development. This collaboration represents a significant milestone that transforms the ‘challenge’ of hard-to-recycle packaging into an ‘opportunity’ to establish a practical circular economy. It is not merely about waste disposal, but rather about creating new value from used plastic. We do not only deliver great-tasting products, but we also aim to deliver a better world to consumers through eco-friendly packaging innovations that are clean, safe, and tangibly reduce environmental impacts. This will drive our business to grow alongside genuine sustainability.” Dr. Suracha Udomsak, Chief Operations and Innovation Officer of SCGC, said, “This collaboration reflects the capability of SCGC in utilizing advanced recycling technology to manage plastic packaging composed of multiple materials, which is difficult to recycle, and converting it back into circular feedstock. This feedstock can be used to produce new plastic resins (Certified Circular Polyolefin Resin), which possess properties and quality entirely equivalent to standard virgin plastic resins in all respects and are safe for direct food contact. As a result, the materials can be reused to manufacture food packaging for Taokaenoi. In addition, our process has achieved the globally recognized sustainability certification, ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification), throughout the entire supply chain, making SCGC the first company in ASEAN to achieve such certification. This partnership is considered a crucial step in driving SCGC’s goal of reintegrating used plastic into the circular economy system at a volume of 500,000 tons per year by 2030, through collaborations with business partners across the entire value chain.” Meanwhile, Mr. Vichan Tangkengsirisin, President of Dow Thailand, added, “As a materials science leader, Dow is proud to support this collaboration in Thailand by applying our technology to produce circular plastic resins from used flexible packaging feedstock with performance equivalent to fossil-based plastics. Dow Thailand Group’s polyethylene facility in Rayong is ISCC PLUS certified for its capability of converting advanced recycled feedstock into high quality, food grade circular resins. This initiative represents an important step toward closing the plastics loop in Thailand and advancing Dow’s sustainability ambition to transform the waste through collaboration with customers and value chain partners.” This collaboration serves as a model for the comprehensive management of used multi-layer plastic packaging. It reduces the accumulation of plastic waste in the country and decreases the consumption of new resources. This aligns with the sustainability goals of Taokaenoi, SCGC, and Dow, reinforcing the role of the business sector in tangibly driving the circular economy to build a sustainable future together.

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China Showcases Innovative Practices at INC-5, Vary Tech Signs with South Korean Company to Promote Global Plastic Pollution Treatment

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec. 5, 2024 — The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) was held in Busan, South Korea. During the conference, Hunan Vary Tech Co., Ltd., a leading enterprise in the field of solid waste resource utilization in China, was invited to participate in the INC-5 side event. There, the company showcased China’s innovative practices and technological breakthroughs in the field of waste plastic recycling and utilization to the international community.

The oxygen-free pyrolysis technology and equipment independently developed by Vary Tech can efficiently process all kinds of mixed waste plastics and turn them into valuable oil, gas and carbon resources. Since 2009, the company has shown forward-looking vision, laying the foundation for technological innovation through international exchanges in the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, etc. In 2013, the company made a major breakthrough in waste plastics pyrolysis technology, and completed the project of recycling 60 tonnes of waste plastics from domestic waste per day, which verified the feasibility of the technology. After 2016, the company entered into the period of rapid development, and the scope of technological application was expanded to 30. In 2018, the company achieved a qualitative leap, building a project of 600 tonnes per day of domestic waste plastics recycling, and the daily processing capacity of the core pyrolysis equipment was increased to 150 tonnes per day. The capacity breakthrough stems from the conquest of the core technology of pyrolysis equipment, including continuous feeding and discharging, flexible combination sealing, self-cleaning coke, heat carrier recycling, and thermal energy gradient utilisation, etc. The technology has been iterated and upgraded to the 6th generation, which achieves the perfect oil and gas sealing performance, effectively prevents any leakage, and significantly improves the safety and environmental friendliness. So far, the project has been running stably for 5 years. 2023, the electromagnetic pyrolysis reactor independently developed by Vary Tech will run for the first time in South Korea for the treatment of waste plastics and waste tyres, marking that the company’s chemical recycling of waste plastics is heading towards international development and opening up new opportunities for the treatment of global plastic pollution.

Li Bin, deputy director of the GRPG office and a senior researcher and doctoral supervisor at Donghua University, stated that chemical recycling is the ultimate method for converting plastic waste into stable raw materials, and showcased the industrial application cases of Vary Tech’s core equipment for chemical recycling of waste plastics.

In addition to chemical recycling, Vary Tech has also achieved outstanding results in the field of physical recycling. The company innovatively introduced a combined process of “double-shaft shredding + vertical crushing,” leading the development of the waste home appliance recycling industry. After seven generations of technological iteration, this process has now achieved an exceptional capacity of processing up to 200 waste refrigerators per hour per unit, with a plastic sorting rate exceeding 97%. The company has further expanded the application of its technology, extending recycling services to the small home appliance sector. A single unit of equipment can process up to 3 tons of waste small home appliances per hour, with a plastic recycling rate of 99%. This advanced process has laid a solid foundation for the subsequent high-value application of waste plastics, strongly promoting the development of physical recycling technology, and providing key technical support for the efficient and high-quality recycling of waste home appliance plastics.

The company has also established an electronic waste resource recycling and disposal base, achieving coordinated development of technology research and operations. The annual processing capacity is as high as 8.3 million units, ensuring that waste electrical appliances are treated harmlessly and resources are recycled efficiently. In 2018, Vary Tech made a significant breakthrough in the high-value utilization of waste electrical appliance plastics. They developed advanced processes for shredding, cleaning, and melting, transforming waste appliance plastics into high-quality recycled pellets. The annual capacity for shredding and cleaning waste plastics reached 100,000 tons, with a granulation capacity of 50,000 tons. This innovative process has been certified with GRS 4.0, and the recycled materials produced are widely used in the manufacturing of small household appliances, computers, laptops, mice, and other products, achieving high-value circular utilization of waste plastics. Vary Tech has successfully established a complete physical recycling loop for the recycling and regeneration of waste electrical appliance plastics.

As a key step in the global plastic pollution governance negotiations hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this conference aims to establish a legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution. During the INC-5 meeting, Vary Tech signed a contract with a well-known Korean waste plastic recycling company to cooperate on chemical recycling technology for waste plastics. Che Tao stated, “This cooperation is a concrete action in response to the global initiative on plastic pollution governance. We will leverage our respective strengths to contribute to the implementation of the upcoming global agreement on plastic pollution.”

Kim Dong-myung, CEO of the Korean environmental protection company, stated, “Against the backdrop of the growing urgency of global plastic pollution management, the innovative capabilities of leading technology companies like Vary Tech will be the key force driving the industry’s development. We look forward to developing more environmentally friendly and cost-effective solutions by integrating the professional knowledge and technological advantages of both parties.”

The cooperation between Chinese and South Korean companies will bring new solutions to global plastic pollution management, not only helping to promote the formulation and implementation of global plastic pollution governance laws, but also indicating a broader trend of international cooperation in the environmental protection industry. With the gradual implementation of global plastic pollution governance agreements, plastic pollution management will become a new growth point for the environmental protection industry, providing strong technical support for global plastic pollution management.

Source: PRNewswire