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SMX and REDWAVE to Turn Plastic Waste Into a "Plastics Passport", Creating a New Global Asset Class (NASDAQ: SMX)
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 15, 2025 / Recycling has always been treated as a cost. Cities pay for it, companies tolerate it, and consumers are
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 15, 2025 / Recycling has always been treated as a cost. Cities pay for it, companies tolerate it, and consumers are told to feel good about it. But what happens when that cost center turns into a profit center? That is exactly the pivot SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is engineering with its latest partnership. On September 15, SMX announced a Letter of Intent with BT-Systems' Competence Center REDWAVE, and the implications go far beyond efficiency. Together, they are building the infrastructure for a new global marketplace where plastic waste is not just managed but traded, certified, and monetized.The mechanics are deceptively simple. SMX embeds sub-molecular markers into materials that act like invisible fingerprints. Those fingerprints link to a blockchain-based digital passport that follows the material from production through recycling. It is proof that travels with the product. Add in the Plastic Cycle Token (PCT), and suddenly, proof can be priced, exchanged, and valued in financial markets. For the first time, waste is not a burden to carry but an asset to count.REDWAVE brings the industrial horsepower to scale this vision. Their sorting and detection systems already anchor recycling plants around the world. They can handle volume at speeds most companies only dream of. But volume without verification has always been the Achilles heel of recycling. By integrating SMX's traceability into REDWAVE's platforms, every item moving down a conveyor can be both sorted and certified in real time. What once emerged as bales of questionable recycled plastic can now emerge as verified commodities ready to re-enter global supply chains.Proof Instead of DeclarationsThink about the knock-on effects. A car company can now show regulators exactly how much recycled plastic went into its dashboards. A packaging giant can prove to retailers that its products meet strict quotas. A government can enforce recycling mandates without relying on audits or paperwork. And investors can start treating verified recycling not as charity but as an entirely new asset class. Proof creates value, and value creates markets.That is where the Plastic Cycle Token becomes the lever. Each verified batch of recycled plastic can generate a token tied to its certified status. Those tokens can be traded in open markets, giving brands a w...
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