RASA Energy Inc.

Recycle

Only RASA can process mixed and contaminated plastics without sorting, making plastic recycling truly scalable and sustainable on a global scale

only rasa

Processes any plastic feedstock, regardless of contamination or type, eliminating costly sorting

Targets specific plastics within a mix, enabling efficient recycling of valuable materials

Operates at ambient temperatures and pressure, dramatically reducing energy and environmental costs compared to existing technologies

Achieves higher yields than traditional methods, maximizing resource recovery and profitability

Produces no toxic byproducts, ensuring a truly environmentally friendly process

the unsolvable Problem

Globally, 12 million barrels of oil per day are used to produce plastics, a significant portion of the world’s 100 million barrels per day output. The benefits of recycling are clear: it conserves natural resources, reduces energy-intensive plastic production, and prevents unrecycled plastics from ending up in landfills—or worse, in our bodies.

Plastics make up a surprisingly large share of our material world; 50% of the weight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner is plastic, and 50% of the volume of a car too. Even in a 2050 Net-Zero scenario, oil production for plastics is projected to remain at 2022 levels at just over 12 million barrels per day, and this is in addition to recycled plastics which increase their share of total plastic production from 8% today to 35%.

Today’s recycling technologies are far from fit to meet this demand. There are two principal methods: mechanical recycling, which remolds polymers but produces a low-quality product (downcycling), and chemical recycling, which breaks the polymer bonds returning plastic to virgin feedstock but is energy-intensive, emitting up to 3 tons of CO2 per ton of recycled plastic, in line with emissions from producing wholly new plastics from oil.

Yet, the biggest shortfall in both these technologies is neither can handle mixed plastics. Both require highly pure feedstock—99% purity for mechanical and 90% for chemical processes. This means the plastics all have to be of the same type, neither can process multi-layered materials or plastics contaminated with food waste.

To sort plastics – the good from bad and one type from another – requires a recovery and recycling infrastructure to be built solely for that purpose, to provide these sub-performance recycling technologies with the pure feedstocks they need to function.

the only solution

RASA’s technology is the only solution that can process mixed and contaminated plastics without the need for sorting. Unlike current methods requiring pure feedstock, we extract hydrocarbons from any plastic, targeting specific types like PET or PVC and even differentiating by color. Operating at ambient conditions, our process is highly energy-efficient significantly reducing costs and environmental impact compared to existing technologies. This makes recycling truly scalable and economically viable globally, overcoming the limitations that have restricted widespread plastics recycling.