Impact Recycling

Impact Recycling, established in 2014, has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates post-consumer mixed rigid plastic waste to recover two consistent streams of post-consumer resin (PCR); polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), each with a 98% purity. Our technology is designed to be financially profitable, technically feasible, and good for investors, the environment and the community at large. Our BOSS technology provides a scalable, automated, water-based solution that is colour agnostic, separating black plastic to the same 98% purity as other colours. BOSS is a technology that separates the ‘hard to recycle’ stream of mixed rigid waste plastics by amplifying slight differences in relative densities between polymers through the manipulation of fluid dynamic principles of water. Our patented system uses oscillation to generate specific flow patterns in the water, which affect different polymer types in different ways. This novel process technology effectively stratifies different polymers based on density, allowing us to split particles with a density delta of 0.005 gcm-3. Our primary goal has been achieved with the establishment of our flagship plant in Newcastle in Q2 2018. The plant is fully operational with an annual capacity of tons; recycling mixed rigid waste plastic feedstock and dispatching sales of our recycled PE & PP post-consumer resin to our customers in the UK and EU. Our research is now focused on developing the BOSS technology for separating post-consumer mixed film plastic packaging and for waste fishing net fibres. For further information please see our the Contact page on our website: