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Syklo Opens World-Class Circular Economy Hub in Hyvinkää on 9 September 2026
Syklo will officially open Finland's largest plastic recycling facility and a state-of-the-art biocomposite plant in Hyvinkää on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, with an opening ceremony at 12:00 PM at Kerkkolankatu 40.
Impact Recycling joins RADICAL project in £29M APC fast-start demonstrator funding
Impact Recycling is part of the RADICAL consortium with Jaguar Land Rover, Sanko Gosei UK and the University of Warwick, one of eighteen projects sharing over £29.1 million of investment announced by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK to rapidly develop automotive products with a clear route to market.
Impact Recycling joins SusPack consortium in £16M Innovate UK sustainable medicines manufacturing programme
Impact Recycling is part of the SusPack consortium led by NPL, one of two Grand Challenge projects sharing over £16 million of Innovate UK funding to drive circular, low-carbon pharmaceutical packaging and next-generation process analytical technologies.
How the New Site in Helsinki Will Look
Architectural renderings reveal the planned layout of the Syklo facility in Hyvinkää, Finland — the largest plastic recycling plant in the country, processing 50,000 tonnes annually.
Syklo Partners with Impact Recycling to Build Finland's Largest Plastic Recycling Plant
Circular economy company Syklo has announced plans to build the largest plastic recycling plant in Finland using Impact Recycling's BOSS technology — a 50,000 tonne per year facility planned for Hyvinkää, which Syklo projects will increase Finland's plastic recycling capacity by up to 50% on commissioning.
Nestlé Provides £7m Loan for Pioneering Recycling Facility
Impact Recycling secures a £7m loan from Nestlé UK & Ireland, with Innovate UK co-funding, to build a commercial-scale BOSS 2D facility targeting flexible plastic packaging.
Impact Recycling Wins Sustainable Innovation Fund Award
Impact Recycling receives £3 million from UKRI's £200m Sustainable Innovation Fund to recover high-value polymers from NHS Scotland clinical waste — projected to save up to 87,500 tonnes of CO2 annually from this contract, per the UKRI project announcement.
BOSS 2D Wins Ecosurety Exploration Fund
Impact Recycling is one of four winners of the Ecosurety Exploration Fund, securing grant funding to scale BOSS 2D — the first commercial-scale automated process for post-consumer flexible plastic film.
Pilot Project: Mechanical Net Recycling in Eemshaven
Impact Recycling joins forces with Bek & Verburg and Groningen Seaports to pilot fishing net recycling using BOSS technology in Eemshaven — the second plant of its kind, after Durham.
Impact Recycling Selected for the End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform
Impact Recycling is selected by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Plug and Play for the 90-day End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform — joining ten other startups in a Paris-based accelerator programme.
Dunia Designs – Partnership
Impact Recycling partnership with Dunia Designs.
Precious Plastic – Partnership
Precious Plastic Lancaster visits Impact Recycling to source recycled material and see a live demonstration of the BOSS system — a water-based process that captures black plastic that optical sorters typically reject.
IW Capital Announces £2m Investment in Impact Recycling
Alternative finance specialist IW Capital commits £2 million in development capital to expand Impact Recycling's Durham operations, increase processing capacity, and fund initial licensing activity.
Drowning in Plastic
Impact Recycling responds to the BBC's Drowning in Plastic documentary — and makes the case for why the scale of global plastic waste is both a crisis and a commercial opportunity for companies with the right technology.