Science-Based Polymer Solutions
Circular & Sustainable Solutions for Polymers and Recycling.
We transform complex waste streams back into high-performance, food-grade commodities. Connecting polymer science, recycling technology and circular strategy.
Our capabilities
Turning material challenges
into practical solutions.
Connecting polymer science, recycling technology and circular strategy.
Technical R&D
Understand material behaviour and develop processes through testing, analysis and trials.
Recycling Solutions
Explore routes to recover value from complex waste streams and improve recycled material quality.
Closed-Loop Systems
Connect material recovery with product requirements to support practical circular systems.
Turning material challenges into practical solutions
R&D, Technical Services & Consultancy
Explore research, processing trials and expert advice to help solve plastics recycling and material challenges.
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Specialist analytical testing and material characterisation to support recycled plastics and packaging development.
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Discover Nextek news, publications and media resources covering plastics recycling and circular innovation.
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Explore our projects and collaborations developing practical solutions for a more circular plastics economy.
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Latest news.
NEXTLOOPP / Sixth Anniversary / Packaging Europe
Six years of progress.
A circular future for polypropylene.
NEXTLOOPP celebrates its sixth anniversary, marking milestones in the development of food-grade recycled polypropylene. Packaging Europe explores the journey and the work behind it.
- US FDA recognition A Letter of No Objection covering all food types and conditions of use A–H, within its specified scope.
- European regulatory progress Novel technology registration with DG SANTE, supporting the pathway towards EFSA assessment.
- AI-powered sorting Separating food from non-food PP packaging, with extensions based on melt index indicators, moving beyond fluorescent markers and QR codes.
- Commercial production trials More than 55 trials with 18 brands and converters, alongside engagement with over 50 UK and European organisations.
- Recycled content in BOPP film Film produced with 20% recycled PP under standard processing conditions.
- Understanding contaminants Characterisation of potential contaminants in post-consumer PP packaging.
- Lower carbon impact Life-cycle assessment indicating up to 80% savings in greenhouse gas emissions compared with virgin PP.
- Growing across the Americas NEXTLOOPP Americas is developing projects with businesses in the US, Mexico and South America.
In the coming weeks, we will explore these milestones in more detail. Together with its dedicated members, NEXTLOOPP has built a solid foundation for applying the technology.
We welcome discussions with organisations interested in establishing plants to meet demand for post-consumer food-grade recycled PP.
NEXTLOOPP / Events & collaboration
NEXTLOOPP brings the team together at Gneuss
The NEXTLOOPP team came together at Gneuss for a day of technology insights, technical discussions and collaboration.
Participants experienced Gneuss’s advanced technology first hand and explored their questions in detail with the technical team. A warm welcome and thoughtful organisation from the Gneuss team ensured everyone was well looked after throughout the day.
Thank you to everyone involved. Gneuss and NEXTLOOPP are happy to assist with further questions and follow-up discussions.
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Corporate Commendations & Accreditations
The IOM3 Award — Polymers in the Service of Mankind
Formed as a consultancy to advise on the recycling of polymers, Nextek has grown into an organisation with global reach, involving itself in projects around the world to tackle complex issues of plastics pollution. By working with operational partners to help manage the global waste stream and developing new materials and processes, Nextek tackles packaging recycling and re-use challenges at the baseline source.
Our focus target prevents infrastructure failures by implementing products engineered usefully directly out of recovered raw material structures. Nextek continues working alongside major clean-up funds removing post-consumer plastics fragments from oceans and establishing closed-loop loops inside developing nations.
Alliance Prize
Winner of the Circular Solutions for Flexibles category presented by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
Prince Philip Medal
Prestigious international commendation validating technical excellence in advanced eco-polymer systems fields.
Latest Activities & Highlights
A real-time operational overview mapping technical progress, project deliveries, and analytical validation milestones across our principal functional frameworks.
Innovation Centre Activities
Equipment validation logging across new food-grade sorting runs. Testing baseline decontamination thresholds for multi-layered packaging elements.
Monitor Lab Operations →Circular Infrastructure Advisory
Structuring long-term mechanical sortation investment frameworks for multinational fast-moving consumer goods networks. Mapping compliance tracking against tightening EU directives.
Review Strategic Frameworks →Global Technical Publications
Nextek’s breakthrough COtooCLEAN waterless decontamination trials featured in international packaging chronicles, validating resource footprint compression indicators.
Access Media Desk →Supercritical CO₂ Scaling
Scaling manufacturing plant parameters at our Louth development facility. Optimizing low-emission cleaning configurations to extract impurities out of flexible polyolefin film rows.
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Nextek’s operations are driven by award-winning polymer materials scientists, physicists, and circular economy systems authors with decades of combined global infrastructure engineering experience.
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