Contaminated streams
Mixed polyolefin and flexible streams can carry overlapping visual characteristics, residues, labels, and density profiles that make high-value recovery difficult.
Technology
How BOSS separates hard-to-sort plastic streams.
BOSS uses water-based density-separation principles to create a commercial route for streams that are hard to recover cleanly through conventional sorting alone.
The problem
Mixed plastic is valuable, but difficult to sort consistently.
Processors need predictable output quality, plant integration, and a clear route to recovered material value. Yield, purity, capacity and throughput figures are treated as claims until validated.
Commercial constraints
Operators need a process that can be assessed against site footprint, feedstock variability, operating cost, and offtake requirements.
Evidenced material recovery
Each deployment is scoped against specific feedstock and target output, with validation steps agreed before commercial claims are made — giving buyers and brand partners traceability evidence they can use in their own reporting.
BOSS architecture
Three stream families, one separation principle.
The BOSS technology family covers rigid, flexible and fibre material dimensions — each applying density-separation principles adapted to the presentation, contamination profile and commercial requirements of the target stream.
Mixed rigid plastics
TO VALIDATEBOSS-3D
Water-based fluid dynamics and oscillation separate polymers within mixed rigid streams by consistent density differences — targeting PE and PP recovery from post-consumer household and commercial collections where conventional optical sorting struggles.
Laminate and multilayer film
TO VALIDATEBOSS-2D
Addresses separation challenges in flexible packaging, laminate and multilayer film — formats typically too complex for standard optical or air-classification routes. Scoped on a stream-by-stream basis around feedstock presentation and target output.
Fishing net and carpet fibres
TO VALIDATEBOSS-1D
A fibre-stream variant targeting marine litter and carpet-waste recovery. Applies the same density-separation principles to longer-chain materials with distinct presentation and contamination profiles.
BOSS principle
Density separation, packaged for licensed deployment.
The BOSS process is positioned as a technical system that can be scoped around a processor's material challenge, not as a generic recycling service.
Process view
- 1. Characterise feedstock. Confirm stream composition, contamination, moisture, and target output.
- 2. Configure separation. Tune the BOSS process around material density, fluid behaviour and commercial specification.
- 3. Validate output. Test recovered material for purity, consistency and agreed quality requirements before publishing claims.
- 4. Deploy under licence. Scope equipment, support, training, and ongoing process governance for the site.
Throughput and modularity
TO VALIDATEBOSS is deployed as a modular system alongside existing plant infrastructure. Throughput, footprint and integration requirements are scoped during technical due diligence — each site assessment is specific to the feedstock, available space and commercial target, rather than a fixed equipment specification.
FAQ
Common questions for processors and brand teams.
Questions from processors considering a licensing conversation and brands evaluating UK-processed PCR supply.
BOSS is designed for mixed plastic streams where density separation can recover material that is difficult to sort through conventional routes. Stream-specific claims need feedstock testing and source evidence before publication.
BOSS is positioned as colour-agnostic density separation, so the process is not framed around optical colour detection alone. Suitability still depends on the polymer mix, contamination, presentation and target output of the specific stream.
Impact Recycling presents BOSS as a licensable technology. A deployment would normally be scoped around feedstock, target polymer, site constraints, throughput, and commercial route.
Performance figures are deployment-specific and validated against the actual feedstock and target output. Impact Recycling does not publish generic throughput or purity benchmarks — the licensing conversation starts with your stream and site constraints, and figures are agreed as part of that scoping process.
The intended commercial model is modular deployment alongside existing plant infrastructure, subject to technical due diligence and integration planning.
Technology review
Bring a stream, specification, or site constraint to the conversation.
Impact Recycling can discuss whether BOSS is a fit for licensed deployment, material recovery, or a closed-loop partnership.
Licence & deploy Bring BOSS into a processing conversation. Scope feedstock, site constraints and the evidence route for a licensed deployment. Talk to the team Buy recycled material Source BOSS-separated PCR with full traceability. UK-processed PE and PP with documented chain of custody — competitively priced against virgin and imported alternatives. Enquire about supply Technology proof See how density-led separation works. Review the technical principles before moving into validation, trials or commercial modelling. How BOSS works