Scindo
Making any plastic biodegradable
* Data source: Crunchbase
- Founded
- 2020
- Employees*
- 1-10
- Funding to Date*
- $1M
- Website
- scindo.bio/
“By discarding plastics after a single use, all the capital put in to extract and manufacture the plastic is lost. If we can find a way to turn that plastic into something useful, we’re closing the loop in the circular economy of plastics.”
Humankind has generated more than 9 billion tons of plastic, and 79% of this plastic ended up in a landfill.
Every year, 8 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans, while only 9% of plastic in the US is recycled. Current recycling methodologies have been unable to break down some of the most commonly produced plastics.
Scindo can recycle the unrecyclable. They are creating a novel biological platform for low-energy, green and economical recycling that turns low-value plastic waste into high-value compounds that can be used in a variety of industries. Specifically, they target some of the most-produced plastics globally that currently cannot be efficiently recycled, so we can put an end to plastics in landfills.
