The Albany Gazette - The UN Plastics Treaty Talks: Ambition Meets a Stalemate; SMX Can Provide A Remedy (NASDAQ: SMX)

The collaboration was genuine, the ambition high, and the range of ideas-from production caps, to breakthrough materials, to circular-economy business models-was inspiring. But despite the effort, the talks ended with little movement by any side, with PBS calling the outcome "deadlocked." The will to act is there; the pathway to action remains elusive.

From Deadlock to Deliverables

SMX (Security Matters) (NASDAQ:SMX) is poised to break this stalemate-offering a solution that can leave every stakeholder, regulator, environmentalist, and investor grinning with genuine "mission accomplished" satisfaction. Its molecular-level marking technology embeds a permanent, invisible identity directly into materials at the point of manufacture, creating a secure digital passport and digital twin that record each item's origin, composition, and complete life cycle. By making this information accessible at every stage of a product's journey, SMX delivers unmatched transparency while putting material efficiency at the very heart of every decision.

With this capability, materials carry their history from creation to recovery, ensuring that every step is visible, trusted, and verifiable. This continuity creates an unmatched ability to optimize the use of resources, extend product life, and recover maximum value at the end of use. For the global community seeking to honor the intent of the treaty, SMX offers a practical, ready-now solution that builds on-and strengthens-the progress already made. And, best of all, it can benefit everyone in the supply chain loop through a level of unprecedented material efficiency that makes validated circularity a certainty.

In practice, this means recycling targets can evolve from goals on paper into verified milestones celebrated by all stakeholders. Brands can provide customers with independent proof of recycled content, reinforcing trust and enhancing value. NGOs and auditors can work from a neutral, shared source of truth, while regulators can measure, validate, and reward compliance with full confidence.

Because SMX integrates seamlessly across industries and materials-from plastics to textiles to metals-it creates a universal standard that any sector can adopt without compromising its unique priorities. The result is a single, verified dataset that allows progress to be measured, recognized, and replicated worldwide, making material efficiency a unifying principle in the global economy.

Uniting Environmental Goals With Economic Opportunity

The transparency SMX provides is only part of the story. Its platform also opens new pathways for economic growth. Through the SMX Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), verified proof of recycled content becomes a tangible, tradable asset. This allows companies to align environmental performance with financial benefit, transforming material efficiency from a sustainability objective into a measurable competitive advantage.

For countries embracing market-based approaches, it offers a dynamic and scalable way to encourage circularity. For those setting ambitious environmental targets, it ensures every achievement is backed by trusted, verifiable data. In every case, all stakeholders benefit: environmental groups see measurable progress, industry gains recognition for leadership, governments access reliable tools for implementation, and the planet benefits from reduced waste and smarter resource use.

The treaty talks may have ended in deadlock, but the vision they set forth remains undeniable. The framework exists, the urgency is clear, and the moment to act is now. Debate has run its course-what's needed is a solution that works. SMX has one, and it can deploy it today

Sources & References:

• The Guardian: Countries urged to 'hold the line' in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations / August 14, 2025

• Global Plastics Laws

• Trace The Cycle

• PBS

About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

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