Aduro Completes Longest NGP Pilot Plant Campaign to Date: 120 Hours, Including Real-World Post-Consumer Plastic Waste
The pilot processed post-consumer plastic waste for approximately 20 hours while testing feedstock changes and operating continuity.
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Aduro Clean Technologies (Nasdaq: ADUR) completed its longest reported Next Generation Process pilot campaign, running approximately 120 hours over five days. The October campaign was 60% longer than September's and included approximately 20 hours processing PO95, a post-consumer plastic feedstock containing at least 95% polyolefins. Feedstock transitions and planned interruptions occurred without a complete shutdown; backup systems maintained operation during an unexpected utility power outage.
Condensable hydrocarbon yield reached approximately 85%, meeting the campaign's target. Different objectives and conditions make September and October results not directly comparable. Operating data support engineering for the first-of-a-kind plant at Chemelot, where permitting is underway. A wastewater sample awaits characterization to inform treatment design and environmental permitting.
Positive
- Minor pointApproximately 120 hours of pilot operation over five days was 60% longer than September's campaign.
- Minor pointPO95 post-consumer feedstock was processed for approximately 20 hours, extending testing beyond controlled plastic blends.
- Minor pointFeedstock transitions from 50:50 to 80:20 PE/PP, then PO95 and back, required no complete shutdown.
- Minor pointPlanned interruption tests on each feedstock ended with target operating conditions restored without a complete shutdown.
- Minor pointBackup systems maintained pilot operation during an unexpected short-duration utility power outage.
3 minor points
- Minor pointApproximately 85% condensable hydrocarbon yield met the campaign's performance target.
- Minor pointChemelot plant development has engineering, procurement and civil and environmental permitting work underway.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Additional pilot campaigns are planned to evaluate feedstocks, operating parameters and process conditions.
Negative
- Minor pointChemelot environmental permitting remains underway, with wastewater characterization still needed to inform treatment design and permitting.
Key Figures
- Campaign duration
- 120 hours
- Over five days; longest NGP campaign reported to date
- Condensable hydrocarbon yield
- Approximately 85%
- Met the campaign's performance target
- Duration increase
- 60%
- Longer than the September campaign, reported at 75 hours
- PO95 polyolefin content
- At least 95%
- Post-consumer plastic-waste agglomerate processed during the campaign
Historical Context
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September's controlled-feedstock run reported 75 hours and 88.8%-90.8% yields; October extended testing to post-consumer feedstock.
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Key Terms
polyethylene technical
polypropylene technical
polyolefins technical
polyethylene terephthalate technical
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Extended campaign demonstrates feedstock flexibility, process stability and operating continuity while generating engineering and permitting data for the FOAK Facility at Chemelot
LONDON, Ontario, Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (“Aduro” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ADUR) (TSX: ACT) (FSE: 9D5), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, today provided an update on continued operating progress at its Next Generation Process (“NGP”) Pilot Plant.
The latest NGP campaign ran for approximately 120 hours over a period of five days, the longest reported to date, and marked further progress in the NGP program’s transition from controlled feedstock testing to processing real-world post-consumer plastic waste. During the campaign, the Pilot Plant transitioned from processing controlled polyethylene (“PE”)/polypropylene (“PP”) blends to PO95, a post-consumer plastic-waste agglomerate sourced from the Netherlands containing at least
The NGP Pilot Plant plays a central role in advancing Aduro’s Hydrochemolytic™ Technology (“HCT”) toward industrial deployment. Through a series of structured operating campaigns, the Company is evaluating how the integrated process responds to different feedstocks, operating parameters, and conditions. Each campaign is designed around specific technical objectives, and the resulting data used to refine equipment, controls and operating procedures while establishing and building the technical basis for scale-up.
Commercial plastic-waste streams are rarely uniform, and their composition can change over time as collection practices, sorting processes and market requirements evolve. Industrial recycling facilities must therefore accommodate both variations in feedstock composition and longer-term changes in available waste streams, while managing residual contaminants and operating disruptions. The October campaign evaluated these practical requirements by testing the ability of the NGP system to transition between feedstocks, respond to interruptions and maintain operation without a complete shutdown. These capabilities are important to plant availability and operating economics at industrial scale. The growing body of technical findings and operating experience from successive NGP campaigns is informing equipment selection, process controls, and operating procedures for the First-of-a-Kind (“FOAK”) Plant at Chemelot, where engineering and permitting activities are underway.
Highlights
- Longest reported NGP campaign: The Pilot Plant completed approximately 120 hours of operation over five days,
60% longer than the 75-hour campaign reported in September. - Multiple feedstock transitions: The campaign began with a 50:50 PE/PP blend, transitioned to an 80:20 PE/PP blend, then to post-consumer PO95 feedstock for approximately 20 hours, before returning to the 80:20 PE/PP blend, all without a complete process shutdown.
- Post-consumer recycled feedstock: PO95 is a commercially available post-consumer waste-plastic agglomerate containing at least
95% polyolefins, principally PE and PP. The material sourced from the Netherlands contained approximately1.5% polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”)1.2% polyamide (“PA”), and up to1% polystyrene (“PS”), together with fillers, additives and other residual constituents characteristic of post-consumer waste plastics. Processing this material extends NGP testing beyond controlled PE/PP blends to an established grade of post-consumer waste-plastic feedstock. - Operating resilience: Planned interruption tests were performed with each feedstock type, with the Operations team successfully restoring target operating conditions without a complete shutdown. The campaign also experienced an unexpected short-duration power outage from the local utility, during which backup systems engaged and the Pilot Plant continued operating.
- Condensable hydrocarbon recovery: The campaign achieved approximately
85% condensable hydrocarbon yield, meeting its performance target. Operating conditions were selected to evaluate feedstock transitions, process stability, and operating continuity, rather than to maximize hydrocarbon yield. - Wastewater data for FOAK development: A representative wastewater sample collected during processing of PO95 will undergo detailed characterization to inform wastewater treatment system design and support environmental permitting for the FOAK Facility.
The October campaign builds on the September NGP campaign, which evaluated three controlled PE/PP feed compositions over 75 hours and reported condensable hydrocarbon yields ranging from
The introduction of PO95 represents an important progression in the NGP testing program. In the European plastics recycling industry, PO95 is a recognized designation for recycled-plastic agglomerate containing at least
The campaign also evaluated the response of the integrated NGP system to planned and unplanned operating disruptions. Controlled interruption tests were performed with each feedstock type to assess process response, controls, and operating procedures. Following each test, the Operations team restored target operating conditions without a complete shutdown. During an unexpected utility power outage, backup systems engaged and maintained Pilot Plant operation. These experiences provide practical information on operating resilience, backup systems, process controls, and operating procedures for larger-scale operation. These capabilities are important to maintaining plant availability and, in turn, supporting operating economics at industrial scale.
The October campaign included the collection of a representative wastewater sample during processing of PO95 to support FOAK Facility development at Chemelot. A representative sample collected during processing of PO95 will undergo detailed characterization to inform wastewater treatment system design and support the environmental permitting process. Ebert HERA B.V., engaged by Aduro to lead civil and environmental permitting, is advancing this workstream alongside the FOAK Early Works engineering and procurement activities being undertaken by Saipem S.p.A. Operating information from the NGP program continues to provide inputs for the industrial design as these activities progress.
“We continue to make progress in transitioning from cleaner, controlled feedstocks to processing genuine post-consumer plastic waste,” said Ofer Vicus, Chief Executive Officer at Aduro. “The data generated through these campaigns are helping us better understand how HCT performs under conditions representative of industrial applications, while also allowing us to validate and refine our approach to different markets. Scale-up is not defined by yield and process performance alone. It also requires understanding the characteristics of available feedstocks and the operating requirements of specific geographic markets and industrial sites. The NGP Pilot Plant is providing the practical knowledge needed to make those decisions as we advance the FOAK Plant at Chemelot and prepare for future industrial deployment.”
“Each campaign is strengthening the operating team’s understanding of the relationships between feedstock composition, process response and the adjustments needed to maintain stable operation,” said David Weizenbach, Chief Operating Officer at Aduro. “The operators are learning to recognize those changes earlier, respond more effectively and restore the process to the appropriate operating range. We capture those lessons in our SOPs, controls and operating practices and then apply them in the next campaign. That accumulation of practical operating experience is an important part of preparing for larger-scale operation.”
Aduro will continue its structured NGP testing program through additional campaigns evaluating different feedstocks, operating parameters, and process conditions. Findings from successive campaigns will be used to refine process controls, equipment configuration and operating procedures while expanding the technical dataset supporting ongoing FOAK engineering, project development, and future industrial deployment of HCT.
About Aduro Clean Technologies
Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics; convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil; and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. The Company’s Hydrochemolytic™ technology relies on water as a critical agent in a chemistry platform that operates at relatively low temperatures and cost, a game-changing approach that converts low-value feedstocks into resources for the 21st century.
For further information, please contact:
Abe Dyck, Head of Corporate Development / Investor Relations
ir@adurocleantech.com
+1 226 784 8889
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning final campaign results and mass-balance calculations; product characterization and third-party analytical results; analysis and use of wastewater samples generated during PO95 processing; the applicability of NGP Pilot Plant data to engineering and environmental permitting for the planned FOAK Facility at Chemelot; future NGP campaigns and evaluation of additional recycled and waste-plastic feedstocks; continued optimization of operating procedures, equipment, controls and process conditions; and the Company’s scale-up and commercialization plans.
Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, estimates, assumptions, and projections and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks include operational challenges or delays in Pilot Plant campaigns; differences between preliminary and final campaign results; variability in feedstock composition, product quality, wastewater characteristics, hydrocarbon recovery and process performance; challenges in translating Pilot Plant results to larger-scale operations; delays or changes affecting FOAK engineering, permitting, financing, procurement, construction or commissioning; and other risks described in the Company’s public filings available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise them except as required by applicable law.
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FAQ
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What did Aduro's longest NGP pilot campaign achieve?
Aduro completed approximately 120 hours of operation over five days and achieved approximately 85% condensable hydrocarbon yield, meeting its target. The campaign included approximately 20 hours processing post-consumer PO95 feedstock and tested transitions and interruptions without a complete shutdown.
How does Aduro's October pilot yield compare with September's results?
October achieved approximately 85% condensable hydrocarbon yield, while September reported 88.8% to 90.8%, but the campaigns are not directly comparable. September tested controlled polyethylene/polypropylene compositions; October prioritized feedstock flexibility, process stability and operating continuity rather than yield or product-quality optimization.
Who is supporting Aduro's Chemelot plant engineering and permitting?
Ebert HERA is leading civil and environmental permitting, while Saipem is undertaking early-works engineering and procurement. A representative wastewater sample collected during PO95 processing will undergo detailed characterization to inform wastewater treatment system design and support environmental permitting.