Here is what Advanced Circular Manufacturing does, in plain terms.
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Your bin does not change
You put out trash and recycling the same way you do today. This is about what is left over after recycling — the part that currently gets buried or burned.
No change at the kerb
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Nothing is burned
The process runs in a sealed chamber with no oxygen in it. Without oxygen nothing can combust. There is no stack, no smoke and no ash. This is not an incinerator and it is not waste-to-energy.
No combustion
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It becomes products
Material is broken down to its elements and reformed into synthetic graphite, graphene compounds, recovered metals, clean industrial gases and ultrapure water — over 100 specification-grade materials.
100+ materials
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A royalty comes back
Carbotura pays the City a royalty on every ton delivered, for at least thirty years, starting above what the City pays to have the material processed and rising every year.
30-year minimum
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Local manufacturing jobs
Around 250 direct roles at the first phase, rising with each phase — process operation, maintenance, quality and logistics.
~250 direct roles
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Built in Pennsylvania first
Carbotura’s first plant is under construction in Pennsylvania. It is expected to be running in late 2027 or early 2028 — before Philadelphia would have to decide anything.
Pennsylvania
Today vs. With the Factory
What Changes — Side by Side
🔴 Today
✗What you recycle is recycled — about 40% of the total.
✗The rest is collected and taken away by contractors.
✗Some is buried in landfills. Some is burned at a facility in Chester.
✗The City pays per ton for that, and the goal is to stop doing both by 2035.
✗Diversion has been stuck around 40% for years.
🟢 With the Factory
✓What you recycle is recycled. Nothing changes at your kerb.
✓What is left goes to a factory instead of a landfill or a furnace.
✓It is broken down without burning and reformed into manufactured products.
✓There is no ash, because there is no combustion to produce any.
✓The City pays a fee to have it processed and receives a royalty on every ton.
How the Money Works
The Circular Royalty™ — Explained Simply
This is not a subsidy. It is not a discount. Here is how City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania earns money back from the materials it supplies.
Your materials are collected
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The factory converts them into manufactured products
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Products are sold in global markets
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Royalty paid back to City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What the Circular Royalty™ is — in plain terms
The City pays a Beneficiation Fee to have its material processed, and separately receives a Circular Royalty™ on the same tonnage. Two different payments in two different directions, reported separately rather than combined into one number. Being straight about it: the fee is higher than what the City expects to pay under its new contracts — about $100 a ton against roughly $72. There is no saving on the gate rate and we do not claim one. The reason the arrangement is worth considering is the royalty, which starts at $120 a ton and rises every year for at least thirty years, together with the fact that the City spends no capital and carries no permitting risk.
Your Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
No. There is no combustion at any stage, no stack, and no ash. The process runs in a sealed, oxygen-free chamber — without oxygen, nothing can burn. It is a manufacturing operation, and it is not waste-to-energy. Carbotura does not sell power, electricity or hydrogen.
Carbotura takes no position on the Chester facility, its operator, or the debate about it. That is not our argument to make, and we have an obvious interest that would make anything we said about it suspect. What we can tell you is what our own process does: it does not burn anything and it produces no ash.
No site has been chosen. No parcel has been identified or assessed. Siting a facility that handles a city's material is not a neutral act, and it would be worked through jointly and in public with whichever community might host it.
No. Carbotura finances, owns and operates the facility, and carries all the permitting work at its own cost. The City commits no capital at any phase.
Not yet, and we say so plainly. Carbotura has no facility in commercial operation anywhere. The first is in Pennsylvania, under construction now, targeted for late 2027 to early 2028. The agreement with any city includes a condition requiring an operating facility that meets our stated claims before that city is held to performance.
Possibly, and only if the City agrees. The agreement lets other municipalities and commercial haulers join it as additional suppliers, but the City decides who joins and when. Nothing arrives under the City’s agreement without the City’s consent, and the City’s own material always comes first: it holds priority on the facility’s availability and capacity.
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Indicative reference only — not an offer. Pricing under a Circular Supply Agreement (CSA) or CMOA. All financial figures are Carbotura planning-basis estimates and are ILLUSTRATIVE until Term Sheet execution. Carbotura has no facility at or past Commercial Operation Date.
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