Boretech 2025 Annual Review: A Year of Technological Breakthroughs and Integrated Solutions

In July 2025, Boretech achieved a milestone breakthrough—our Solid-State Polycondensation (SSP) process for producing recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET) officially received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This certification confirms that under B-H application conditions, rPET processed using Boretech's SSP technology can be used at 100% levels for manufacturing food contact packaging, serving as authoritative validation of the technology's safety and high performance. This achievement represents a significant milestone, following Boretech’s 2023 FDA NOL certification covering the full wash-pelletizing-SSP process under C-G application conditions.

In November 2025, Boretech further secured a positive scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its PET recycling process. This certification was completed in strict accordance with the latest EU regulation (EU) 2022/1616. This accomplishment places Boretech among the few global providers of PET mechanical recycling processes to successfully pass this rigorous assessment. It also solidifies Boretech’s position as the industry leader in China, being the first full-process solution and equipment supplier for bottle-to-bottle food-grade PET recycling to hold both EFSA and FDA certifications.

Boretech PET Tray Washing System (Compatible with PP)

Low Loss | High Cleanliness | Modular Design | Fully-Automated Continuous Process

Solving PET/PP tray & clamshell recycling challenges through four technological breakthroughs:

1.Thorough Material Loosening – Efficiently loosens highly-compacted bales without material breakage.

2.Intensive Hot Washing – >90% removal of adhesive labels and glue.

3.Mega Aspirator – >99% label separation with <1% flake carryover.

4.Enhanced Yield – Reduces PET material loss to ≤5%.

Recently, Boretech's PET Tray Recycling Demonstration Plant was completed. It is scheduled to commence official operation in the first quarter of 2026, with an annual processing capacity of 25,000 tonnes. This project enables “tray-to-tray” closed-loop production, offering a new compliant pathway for tray manufacturers and brand owners.

Boretech’s Compact Pre-washer became a core flagship product this year thanks to its highly integrated design, with multiple units delivered throughout the year. The system integrates four key functions—de-labeling, label separation, washing, and de-watering—into a single unit. This integration reduces footprint by 58% and total power consumption by 46%, effectively solving common issues in traditional equipment such as leakage and material spillage, thereby ensuring stable, clean, and energy-efficient operation. It achieves a de-labeling rate of 95% and a label separation rate of 99%, enabling precise separation of bottles, labels, caps, and neck rings. The patented cutter design limits material loss to under 1%, with a service life capable of processing up to 8,000 tonnes of material, significantly improving the production environment and economic efficiency.

Boretech’s Mega Aspirator Series efficiently separates labels, dust, and free-flowing impurities from PET bottle flakes. It achieves a label removal rate of up to 99%, with a flake carryover rate of less than 1%. Its multi-channel design increases processing capacity while reducing material loss. The system can also rapidly optimize operating parameters based on different feedstock characteristics and effectively separates difficult-to-remove sinking labels, providing high-purity material for downstream processing.

Waste Fiber Recycling System is specifically tailored for chemical fiber manufacturers. Through low-temperature processes including shredding, balling, and fine grinding, it converts waste polyester filaments into high-quality PET powder. This powder can be directly fed back into polymerization units, achieving a near-zero-loss cycle of "Waste Fiber → Raw Material → New Product." The system can generate millions of RMB in added value for enterprises annually.

The Boretech Flexible Plastic Recycling Solution provides standardized or customized integrated processes, from recycling and washing to pelletizing, tailored to the waste sources and material characteristics of flexible film plastics. This solution is applicable to the recycling of various materials including LDPE agricultural film, daily miscellaneous film, PP woven bags, and LDPE/LLDPE industrial film.

The new-generation PURIFINES small-scale pilot line completed functional testing in 2025 and is scheduled for official launch in the first quarter of 2026. This system is a small-batch, flexibly adjustable experimental production system. It is suitable for process testing such as air separation, hot washing, rinsing, and de-watering of PET, PP, HDPE, ABS flakes, and pellets. It enables preliminary experimental work like formula validation, process optimization, and equipment performance testing with a relatively small investment, providing data support and technical reference for the subsequent design and production of large-scale production lines.

Boretech has established three chemical recycling technology systems to address different types of plastic recycling challenges.BHET+ Semi-Chemical Recycling Route: Involves microwave-assisted alcoholysis, grinding, and impurity removal. The resulting product can be blended with virgin PTA for polymerization.BHET Alcoholysis Recycling Route: Produces high-purity BHET monomer through processes such as alcoholysis, decolorization, and crystallization purification. This monomer can be blended with PTA for repolymerization.Dissolution-Based Recycling Route: Utilizes solvents to dissolve feedstock, followed by filtration and devolatilization to remove impurities, ultimately yielding high-purity end products. This route is particularly suitable for processing complex, high-value materials that are difficult to handle via traditional mechanical recycling.

The OptiPlan Smart Factory System is a next-generation Manufacturing Execution System (MES) specifically designed for the PET recycling and washing industry. It enables intelligent upgrades through three core functions: Panoramic Visibility, Lean Control, and Data-Driven Decision Making. Real-time dashboards provide a comprehensive overview of production lines, low-code process tools enhance management efficiency, and a multi-dimensional measurement system delivers precise data to support decision-making.

Looking ahead to 2026, Boretech will closely align with industry trends toward scale and high value, deepening our full-chain integration capabilities. We will accelerate the commercialization of the PURIFINES process and expand the application scenarios for chemical recycling, improving our multi-material (trays, film, fiber) circular synergy systems. Concurrently, we will advance intelligent and digital transformation, building the future factory model characterized by high efficiency, low consumption, and operational visibility. We will also deepen industry chain collaboration, benchmark against international environmental standards, and continue to prioritize technological innovation. Our aim is to provide forward-looking, systematic solutions for the global recycling industry, supporting the realization of circular economy goals and unlocking the full value of every resource.