SMX and A*STAR Unite Industry Coalition to Build Nation Scale Plastic Circularity Platform

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Flagship programme will demonstrate molecular‑level traceability from waste collection to high‑value recycled resin, advancing Singapore's Zero Waste Masterplan and reinforcing regional circular‑economy leadership. NEW YORK, NY AND SINGAPORE / ACCESS Newswire / September 2, 2025 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW), the pioneer of "physical‑to‑digital" supply‑chain solutions, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore's lead public sector research and development (R&D) agency, today announced a strategic collaboration to pilot a national plastic circularity platform with brands, producers, manufacturers, waste collectors, recyclers and retailers.This collaboration combines SMX's chemical molecular marking technology, patented reader and blockchain-based traceability platform with A*STAR's cutting-edge digital, advanced chemical spectroscopic detection and profiling research capabilities, to create an intelligent system to permanently mark, track and analyse plastics through their entire lifecycle-from manufacturing to recycling. By enabling every plastic item to carry a secure digital record of its origin, composition, and reuse cycles, the initiative aims to greatly enhance transparency and efficiency in recycling - supporting Singapore's vision of a sustainable, circular economyThis multi‑year collaboration will integrate SMX's invisible molecular markers, readers and blockchain ledger, with blockchain, AI, advanced chemical spectroscopic detection and material profiling research capabilities from A*STAR, creating an auditable digital twin and AI system for post‑consumer plastic flows across Singapore's collection, sorting and recycling ecosystem.Collaboration HighlightsPhase 1 will launch the first nationwide "digital passport" for plastics, dynamically tagging and tracing more than 5 000 tonnes of postconsumer flexible and rigid waste in real time. Semi-industrial integration is expected to start in Q1 2026, and a full scale commercial showcase is slated for Q2 2027-deliberately timed to provide industry with a turnkey compliance pathway ahead of impending extended producer responsibility mandates, with an end-stage capacity to tag and trace more than 5,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastics annually.The full-scale commercial tagging and tracing stage is envisioned to be powered by a coalition of global and local...

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