About Us

Where others see waste, we deliver value.

UpcycleX is a clean technology company building a next-generation chemical platform that upgrades plastic waste into high-value chemicals. Using a proprietary electrocatalytic process, we transform discarded plastics into premium chemical products under mild, energy-efficient conditions.

Our approach enables plastic waste to be treated as a flexible chemical feedstock, serving multiple end markets including animal nutrition, life sciences, and circular plastics. By starting with proven, high-margin applications and expanding across products over time, we are creating a scalable pathway to industrial adoption.

We believe the fastest way to eliminate plastic waste is to make it valuable. By proving that plastic upcycling can be profitable at scale, we aim to shift how industry views waste, from a cost to a resource, and build the infrastructure needed for a durable circular chemical economy.

Our Story

Built from science. Driven by impact.

UpcycleX was founded on a simple conviction. Plastic waste does not need to exist as waste.

The company began in the research labs where Dr. Wren Lee spent years advancing catalysis and exploring how novel catalysts could transform plastics into something more valuable. That work led to a breakthrough. An energy-efficient, scalable process capable of upgrading plastic waste into high-value chemicals rather than low-grade outputs.

What started as fundamental research quickly revealed a bigger opportunity. If plastic waste could be converted into premium chemical products profitably, industry would no longer treat it as a burden, but as a resource.

Today, UpcycleX combines deep technical expertise with operational and commercial focus to build a new class of chemical infrastructure. Our mission is to turn plastic waste into lasting economic value, and in doing so, change how the world thinks about materials, pollution, and sustainability.

This isn’t a recycling startup. This is a chemistry revolution.