The Albany Gazette - SMX is Giving Plastics the One Thing the Market Never Saw: Proof

This is transforming the economics of recycling by eliminating the guesswork that kept markets fragmented and risky. Companies can now confirm recycled content at the molecular level, rather than relying on supplier declarations or batch documentation. Governments can verify compliance with recycled content quotas without relying on forms that can be misinterpreted. Consumers can trust the authenticity of products labeled as sustainable. SMX created the first system in which the plastic itself serves as the verification.

The timing could not be more significant. Countries around the world are tightening regulations that require verifiable recycled content. Brands face escalating pressure to demonstrate real sustainability rather than marketing language. The gap between what companies claim and what they can prove is widening. SMX closes that gap by giving plastics an identity that persists from one lifecycle to the next. It turns recycled material into a reliable commodity rather than a sector plagued by uncertainty.

From Waste Stream to Verified Commodity

Traditional recycling systems were built on hope and manual processes. Collection agencies sort materials and send them to processors who do their best to filter out impurities. Recyclers rely on chemical tests that evaluate only a snapshot of the material, rather than its full lifecycle. Brands receive batches labeled as high recycled content and have no ability to confirm those claims. The result has been widespread fraud, mislabeling, and the erosion of trust across the supply chain. SMX introduced a structural solution rather than another auditing layer.

Its molecular markers do not fade when plastics are shredded, melted or chemically reconstituted. They survive heat, pressure, and industrial reprocessing. A bottle marked at the beginning of its lifecycle will carry that identity through every stage of recycling. That same identity will remain present inside the new products created from its pellets. This creates an entirely new environment where recycled plastics can be authenticated with precision and without friction.

This shift is critical because the recycling economy cannot scale without traceability. Infrastructure investments, circular economy programs and sustainability incentives all depend on verified data. Governments need evidence to enforce recycled content targets. Brands need proof to back ESG disclosures. Manufacturers need confidence that the materials they buy meet quality standards. SMX delivers that proof by embedding identity directly inside the plastic itself.

The New Economics of Circular Manufacturing

The emergence of verified plastics is triggering a realignment in how companies view recycling. Instead of treating it as a cost center or regulatory obligation, companies can now treat recycled materials as assets with increasing value. Authenticity transforms recycled plastics into a premium product that commands higher prices, attracts new buyers, and enables the launch of new product categories. SMX's technology provides the architecture for this shift by ensuring that every cycle of reuse is traceable, compliant, and defensible.

Manufacturers are beginning to route their sourcing decisions around verification capacity rather than the lowest bidder. Retailers are evaluating suppliers based on how well they can substantiate the sustainability claims attached to their products. Regulators are signaling that unverifiable content will soon lose access to major markets. This growing emphasis on proof is reshaping supply chain negotiations, contract structures, and long-term planning. SMX is turning traceability from an afterthought into a strategic advantage.

The long-term implication is a new hierarchy in the global plastics economy. Companies that adopt verification will control the most valuable segment of the market because they can satisfy compliance, meet consumer expectations, and deliver products backed by data rather than claims. Companies that resist verification will increasingly compete in low-value tiers that face higher scrutiny and shrinking demand. SMX is accelerating this divergence by providing the one tool the recycling market has never had. A way for plastics to carry their truth forward through every cycle of use.

The result is a turning point for the circular economy. Plastic waste no longer disappears into opaque systems where identity is lost. With SMX, plastics become traceable commodities that can circulate repeatedly with full transparency. This does more than modernize recycling. It lays the foundation for a global system in which sustainability is measurable, verifiable, and economically aligned with growth.

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.

Forward-Looking Statements

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited

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(K.Lee--TAG)