SMX, A*STAR to build plastic circularity platform

SMX (SMX)and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore’s public sector research and development agency, announced a strategic collaboration to pilot a national plastic circularity platform with brands, producers, manufacturers, waste collectors, recyclers and retailers. This collaboration combines SMX’s chemical molecular marking technology, patented reader and blockchain-based traceability platform with A*STAR’s digital, advanced chemical spectroscopic detection and profiling research capabilities, to create an intelligent system to permanently mark, track and analyze plastics through their entire lifecycle-from manufacturing to recycling. By enabling every plastic item to carry a secure digital record of its origin, composition, and reuse cycles, the initiative aims to greatly enhance transparency and efficiency in recycling – supporting Singapore’s vision of a sustainable, circular economy. This multi-year collaboration will integrate SMX’s invisible molecular markers, readers and blockchain ledger, with blockchain, AI, advanced chemical spectroscopic detection and material profiling research capabilities from A*STAR, creating an auditable digital twin and AI system for post-consumer plastic flows across Singapore’s collection, sorting and recycling ecosystem.