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Market

Addressing the end of life plastics waste crisis

Strategy

Invest in advanced recycling technologies; that create markets for waste streams

Execution

Leverage market experience to commercialise and scale technologies

Solving the
waste problem

Create a circular plastic economy

Infinity Recycling is established by Jan Willem Muller and Jeroen Kelder to bring a return-driven approach to sustainability. The team's experience in trading commodities and corporate finance provides considerable value to the technology companies, helping them to convert valuable IP into profitable, scalable businesses.

The team's philosophy is to look at the value of a commodity first, and then work backwards. By investing in advanced recycling technologies, the firm profitably converts non-recyclable waste into chemical feedstock or fuels, thereby giving waste a value. Whilst at the same time lowering the CO2 footprint of the plastics economy and creating a true circular economy.

Market

Addressing the end of life plastics waste crisis

Strategy

Invest in advanced recycling technologies; that create markets for waste streams

Execution

Leverage market experience to commercialise and scale technologies

Solving the
waste problem

Create a circular plastic economy

Infinity Recycling is established by Jan Willem Muller and Jeroen Kelder to bring a return-driven approach to sustainability. The team's experience in trading commodities and corporate finance provides considerable value to the technology companies, helping them to convert valuable IP into profitable, scalable businesses.

The team's philosophy is to look at the value of a commodity first, and then work backwards. By investing in advanced recycling technologies, the firm profitably converts non-recyclable waste into chemical feedstock or fuels, thereby giving waste a value. Whilst at the same time lowering the CO2 footprint of the plastics economy and creating a true circular economy.

We need to
act now

Plastic production increased exponentially, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 488 million tons today. Production is expected to more than triple by 2050.

The linear consumption of plastic and the lack of appropriate recycling infrastructure has led to plastic waste swamping rivers and oceans. This has now become one of the world's most pressing issues.

The rapidly increasing production of plastic products overwhelms the world's ability to deal with the waste. Advancement in technologies will enable us to increase the mechanical recycling percentages, but more than 50% of the waste streams can never be mechanically recycled due to the chemical nature of plastics and the way in which we use it.

Advanced recycling brings the solution for these,
non recyclable waste streams, enabling a transformation from a linear economy to a sustainable circular economy.

We need to
act now

Plastic production increased exponentially, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 488 million tons today. Production is expected to more than triple by 2050.

The linear consumption of plastic and the lack of appropriate recycling infrastructure has led to plastic waste swamping rivers and oceans. This has now become one of the world's most pressing issues.

The rapidly increasing production of plastic products overwhelms the world's ability to deal with the waste. Advancement in technologies will enable us to increase the mechanical recycling percentages, but more than 50% of the waste streams can never be mechanically recycled due to the chemical nature of plastics and the way in which we use it.

Advanced recycling brings the solution for these,
non recyclable waste streams, enabling a transformation from a linear economy to a sustainable circular economy.

Meet our team

  • Jan-Willem-Muller

    Jan-Willem Muller

    Managing Partner
  • Jeroen Kelder

    Jeroen Kelder

    Managing Partner
  • Bram Snijders

    Bram Snijders

    Head of Investments
  • Maria Norman Novaes

    Maria Norman Novaes

    Head of Legal, Investment Manager
  • MONICA-PUCCETTI

    Monica Puccetti

    Head of ESG , Investment Manager
  • Olav Aagaard

    Olav Aagaard

    Technical Partner
  • Sander Verhoeven

    Sander Verhoeven

    Analyst

Advisory Board

Infinity Recycling is supported by an independent Advisory Board consisting of executives from key segments in the plastics value chain. The board provides market intelligence and strategic advice, enabling Infinity Recycling and its portfolio companies to stay ahead of the curve.

Announcement

Clariter's breakthrough chemical upcycling technology is backed by the latest investment of infinity recycling's circular plastics fund.

Luxembourg, 29th September 2022

Clariter and Dutch impact investor Infinity Recycling are pleased to announce Infinity's Circular Plastics Fund's strategic investment in the further development of Clariter's commercial plants.

With this investment, Infinity joins a number of organizations that have invested in Clariter over the last year, highlighting strong investor confidence in Clariter's breakthrough chemical upcycling technology.

Increased consumer environmental awareness has also increased the momentum of circular economy innovators like Clariter, whose breakthrough chemical recycling technology can upcycle a wide range of plastics.

Clariter provides a new, profitable alternative for traditional plastic waste. The company's proprietary technology transforms most plastic waste streams into high-quality, high-value products that can be used as inputs into over 1,000 sustainable industrial and consumer products.

With its profitable, net-carbon-negative and resource-efficient plastic-to-products solution, Clariter stands out in its field with the potential to become a powerful solution to the world's plastic waste problem.

Infinity Recycling's Circular Plastics Fund aims to support businesses scaling up their proven, advanced recycling technologies, making Clariter an ideal partner.

Common goals unite the two companies: to connect the value chain, prove the complementarity of mechanical and advanced recycling, and finally tackle the global plastic waste crisis.

Clariter's Founder and CEO, Ran J. Sharon, said: "Clariter is on the cusp of a new phase in its evolution, with its impending global rollout and rapid growth. We have spent 19 years perfecting our technology to create a viable solution to plastic waste - creating high- quality, high-value products from most types of plastic waste using a highly efficient process with minimal waste and emissions. Having achieved a mature and market-ready technology, it is the perfect time to partner with expansion-oriented impact investors like Infinity. This investment will accelerate our growth, bringing us faster towards a sustainable future for us all."

Jan Willem Muller, Infinity's Managing Partner added:

"Having followed Clariter's evolution over the last few years, we are delighted to see the strides the company has made in developing its business, as well as their ESG focus, which we are eager to help Clariter mature in line with the sustainability principles that underpin the Circular Plastics Fund. Infinity is pleased to be able to step in as an investor and support the scaling up of a technology that differentiates itself in the plastics recycling industry by making end-products that can be directly used in consumer products manufacturing, reducing the market's dependency on fossil feedstock."

The investment was made under Article 9 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which improves the transparency in the market for sustainable investment products and mitigates the risk of greenwashing.

About Clariter:

Clariter is a global cleantech company that has developed a chemical recycling process that provides a solution to the plastic waste epidemic. This proprietary, efficient technology transforms plastic waste into high-quality, high-value products: oils, waxes, and solvents that replace fossil-based products. Clariter offers a commercially attractive combination of profitability and sustainability.

For further details, please contact Clariter's Public Relations Specialist, Barbara Ciesielska, at: barbara.ciesielska@clariter.com

About Infinity Recycling:

Infinity Recycling is a Rotterdam-based investment fund manager creating markets for end-of-life waste streams by investing in advanced recycling technologies. The team's experience in trading commodities and growth capital investing provides considerable value to technology companies, helping to convert valuable IP into profitable, scalable businesses. The Fund is committed to strong ESG performance and is classified as an Article 9 "dark green" impact fund, the highest designation under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

CIRCULAR, impactful AND PROFITABLE

Infinity Recycling creates markets for end of life waste streams by investing in advanced recycling technologies and connecting the value chain.

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