Rethinking Material Recovery

LOCOMS is developing an advanced reactor platform to deliver precision material recovery from waste plastics and biomass. We bring precision energy delivery to industrial scale through our modular liquefaction system

    Where circularity meets profitability

    Where circularity meets profitability

    Where circularity

    meets profitability

    SMR inspired design

    SMR inspired design

    SMR inspired design

    Modular units scale with demand

    Modular units scale with demand

    Fully electrified

    Fully electrified

    Fully electrified

    Grid-powered with renewable energy integration

    Grid-powered with renewable energy integration

    Higher yields

    Maximum oil recovery per tonne

    Feedstock flexible

    Feedstock flexible

    Feedstock flexible

    Mixed plastics and biomass streams

    Mixed plastics and biomass streams

    Easy to operate

    Automated with minimal supervision

    High uptime

    Reliable continuous operation

    Higher yields

    Higher yields

    Maximum oil recovery per tonne

    Maximum oil recovery per tonne

    Easy to operate

    Easy to operate

    Automated with minimal supervision

    Automated with minimal supervision

    High uptime

    High uptime

    Reliable continuous operation

    Reliable continuous operation

    A new approach to material recovery

    A new approach to material

    A new approach to material recovery

    recovery

    The chemical recycling challenge

    The chemical recycling challenge

    Non-recyclable plastics represent a vast untapped material stream. The alternative today is incineration destroying materials that could be recovered. Mechanical recycling cannot process contaminated or mixed materials. Emerging chemical recycling technologies often require controlled conditions that limit industrial scaling. Conventional pyrolysis struggles with efficiency, and much of its output is downcycled to fuel rather than upcycled to chemical feedstock. The industry needs technology that converts waste plastics back into feedstock for new plastics profitably at scale.

    Non-recyclable plastics represent a vast untapped material stream. The alternative today is incineration destroying materials that could be recovered. Mechanical recycling cannot process contaminated or mixed materials. Emerging chemical recycling technologies often require controlled conditions that limit industrial scaling. Conventional pyrolysis struggles with efficiency, and much of its output is downcycled to fuel rather than upcycled to chemical feedstock. The industry needs technology that converts waste plastics back into feedstock for new plastics profitably at scale.

    Non-recyclable plastics represent a vast untapped material stream. The alternative today is incineration destroying materials that could be recovered. Mechanical recycling cannot process contaminated or mixed materials. Emerging chemical recycling technologies often require controlled conditions that limit industrial scaling. Conventional pyrolysis struggles with efficiency, and much of its output is downcycled to fuel rather than upcycled to chemical feedstock. The industry needs technology that converts waste plastics back into feedstock for new plastics profitably at scale.

    Precision energy delivery technology

    Precision energy delivery technology

    Our platform delivers controlled energy directly into the material matrix rather than heating reactor vessels externally. This fundamental shift in heat transfer enables higher conversion efficiency, better product yields, and real-time process optimization. The technology turns feedstock variability into operational flexibility.

    Our platform delivers controlled energy directly into the material matrix rather than heating reactor vessels externally. This fundamental shift in heat transfer enables higher conversion efficiency, better product yields, and real-time process optimization. The technology turns feedstock variability into operational flexibility.

    De-risking deployment

    De-risking deployment

    The chemical recycling industry has struggled with mega-project failures: massive upfront capital, unproven technology at scale, and all-or-nothing risk. Our modular approach changes this equation. Factory-built reactor units can be deployed incrementally, scaling capacity with demand without increasing unit costs. Prove performance at pilot scale, then add modules as the market grows. This is industrial deployment designed to succeed commercially.

    The chemical recycling industry has struggled with mega-project failures: massive upfront capital, unproven technology at scale, and all-or-nothing risk. Our modular approach changes this equation. Factory-built reactor units can be deployed incrementally, scaling capacity with demand without increasing unit costs. Prove performance at pilot scale, then add modules as the market grows. This is industrial deployment designed to succeed commercially.

    How it works

    How it works

    01

    Feedstock input

    Feedstock input

    Mixed plastic waste and biomass enter the continuous-flow reactor

    Mixed plastic waste and biomass enter the continuous-flow reactor

    02

    Precision heating

    Precision heating

    Direct energy delivery heats material from the inside out

    Direct energy delivery heats material from the inside out

    03

    Process optimization

    Process optimization

    AI-based controls adjust conditions in real-time

    AI-based controls adjust conditions in real-time

    04

    Material transformation

    Material transformation

    Feedstock converts into vapors and liquid hydrocarbons

    Feedstock converts into vapors and liquid hydrocarbons

    05

    Product recovery

    Product recovery

    Vapors are cooled and condensed into high-quality liquid feedstock

    Vapors are cooled and condensed into high-quality liquid feedstock

    06

    Circular output

    Circular output

    Hydrocarbon feedstock ready to replace virgin crude

    Hydrocarbon feedstock ready to replace virgin crude

    Module 1

    Module 1

    M1, our first reactor unit under development. Scale capacity by deploying multiple reactor units to match demand.

    M1, our first reactor unit under development. Scale capacity by deploying multiple reactor units to match demand.

    What we process

    What we process

    Non-recyclable plastics and unused biomass materials that mechanical recycling cannot handle and that would otherwise be incinerated or landfilled.

    Non-recyclable plastics and unused biomass materials that mechanical recycling cannot handle and that would otherwise be incinerated or landfilled.

    LOCOMS AB
    Stockholm, Sweden

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    LOCOMS AB
    Stockholm, Sweden

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    LOCOMS AB
    Stockholm, Sweden

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    © 2026 Locoms. All rights reserved.

    Rethinking Material Recovery

    LOCOMS is developing an advanced reactor platform to deliver precision material recovery from waste plastics and biomass. We bring precision energy delivery to industrial scale through our modular liquefaction system

    Rethinking Material Recovery

    LOCOMS is developing an advanced reactor platform to deliver precision material recovery from waste plastics and biomass. We bring precision energy delivery to industrial scale through our modular liquefaction system