We are Denovia
Denovia is an innovative research company helping lead a seismic wave across plastic waste & sustainability.
Based out of London, CA, and with the significant backing of our government in recent years, our team of leading applied scientists & engineers developed a cutting-edge and economically pragmatic solution to this critical frontier.
"The number one long-term sustainability challenge of our time won't be energy, it will be plastic."
– BILL GATES
Chemistry is at our core
Plastics are a critically essential material and will always be used given most industries’ irreplaceable dependencies. However, with all its benefits, plastics plague the world on many fronts.
Their development through fossil fuels drives emissions and climate change, and their disposal is problematic and devastating marine life. Existing processes to valorize “end-of-use” plastics are inefficient, cost-inhibitive, and not versatile enough as far as what can be processed, derived, and utilized.
Experience & Innovation
Retroconversion
Our process uniquely targets and depolymerizes waste plastics into small molecule monomer building blocks.
Purification
Our resulting small molecule monomers are separated and refined into chemically equivalent “fossil” derived versions.
Utilization
Our monomers are chemically equivalent and enables “drop-in” ready solutions into existing plastic production infrastructure.
Novel & Proprietary Retroconversion Process
We can produce virgin-quality polyester monomers from both pure and impure waste content or blends, as well as colored, clear and composite materials, without sacrificing mechanics (steps) or economics.
Wide-spectrum Feedstock Versatility
Our process enables an infinitely recyclable, circular system, with demonstrated wide-spectrum versatility on both feedstock inputs, and the converted or up-cycled outputs, at an economically competitive system.
Economic Efficiency & Scalability
The catalyzed, low heat / pressure process equates to lower GHG emissions, lower costs and higher yields, without requiring specialty or expensive hardware, allowing for the process to be widely scaled and implemented.
Process
We have developed a proprietary cutting-edge approach that converts various forms of plastic waste, including textile and polyester blends, into their base chemical building blocks.
We further valorize those building blocks by recombining them into virgin quality plastic or “up-cycling” for more advanced use in performance plastics, agricultural biostimulants, water treatment, recovery of “critical metals” from electronic waste, amongst other novel capabilities and use-cases.
Reshaping Plastic Waste Management.
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Experience & Innovation
We have developed a proprietary cutting-edge approach that converts various forms of plastic waste, including textile and polyester blends, into their base chemical building blocks.
We further valorize those building blocks by recombining them into virgin quality plastic or “up-cycling” for more advanced use in performance plastics, agricultural biostimulants, water treatment, recovery of “critical metals” from electronic waste, amongst other novel capabilities and use-cases.
Polyamides
Polymers with repeating units linked by amide bonds that occur naturally & artificially.
Polyesters
Polymers that contain the ester functional group in every repeat unit of their main chain.
Polyurethanes
A class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate links.
Textiles
Various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, etc.
Technology
Plastic Agnostic
Our process can handle most chemical and physical forms of non-olefinic plastics (clear, colored, opaque, multi-layer, etc.).
Drop-in Ready Monomers
Our technology disassembles the plastic waste into monomers which are “drop-in” replacements into the existing plastic polymerization infrastructure.
Monomer
Up-cycling
These monomers can be sold to existing major manufacturers and recombined into virgin quality plastics and fibers or up-cycled to performance plastics.
Virgin & Up-Cycled Monomers
Virgin-Quality Polyester Monomers
Agricultural Biostimulants
Composite & Advanced Plastics
Water Treatment / Remediation
Driving Innovation Across Industry.
Economic Benefits
Ecological Benefis
Environmental Benefits
Why Denovia?
We very efficiently and effectively up-cycle low-value feedstocks currently destined to landfills or incineration.
Our process enables a circular system and can produce virgin-quality polyester monomers from numerous types and forms of plastic waste.
Our system can handle most forms, including PET and PLA, using the same low-cost equipment and versatile process and works on opaque, colored, clear and composite materials.
The catalyzed, low heat & pressure process equates to lower GHG emissions, lower costs and higher yields.
Who are we Seeking as feedstock input partners?
- Large-scale industrial partners
- Alternative corporate feedstock providers
- Waste collection companies
- Municipalities
- Landfills
Who are we Seeking as valorized output buyers?
- Polymerizing & Chemical Companies
- Gourmet & Ethical Food companies
- Sustainable & Luxury Cosmetics
- Lifestyle businesses (e.g., luxury watercraft)
- Other End-User Industries (e.g., jewelry, beverages)
"“Not only can we have a really incredible business out of this, but we'll be making a very big impact on the planet and that's definitely something that new companies in this area need to have. I think we've got the responsibility to do that, so that's what we're going to do.” "
– Nick Spina (Co-Founder & Chairman)
Meet The Founders
Nick Spina
