PureCycle Receives REACH Certification, Unlocking EU Sales of PureFive™ Resin

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PureCycle (Nasdaq: PCT) received the REACH Certificate of Compliance on October 14, 2025, enabling sales of its PureFive™ resin in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

The certification confirms PureFive meets EU human health and environmental requirements, supporting customer orders before the company’s planned European production start in mid-2028 at a proposed Antwerp facility. PureCycle noted existing demand in Europe and cited its operational Ironton, Ohio facility (online 2023) as the current PureFive source.

Positive

• Received EU REACH Certificate of Compliance (Oct 14, 2025)
• Allows sales of PureFive™ resin across EU, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein
• Existing demand in Europe for PureFive™ resin
• Ironton, Ohio facility online in 2023 supplying product
• Planned Antwerp facility expected mid-2028

Negative

• European production not expected until mid-2028
• Continued commercialization depends on meeting food-grade regulatory requirements
• Execution and funding risks cited for future facilities and operations
• Forward-looking statements subject to numerous operational and market risks

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REACH certification immediately allows PureCycle to sell PureFive™ in the EU and formally clears a regulatory hurdle for European commercial activity.

PureCycle Technologies now holds a REACH Certificate of Compliance as of October 14, 2025, which authorizes the company to sell its PureFive™ resin in the European Union and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This certificate confirms that the substances used in the product meet EU requirements for human health and environmental protection and removes an explicit regulatory barrier to taking orders from European customers prior to domestic production in Europe.

The immediate business mechanism is straightforward: certification converts expressed demand into legally shippable sales from existing production, enabling commercial trial orders and pre‑launch customers to test the product. Key dependencies and risks named include ongoing compliance for food‑grade use, successful construction and commissioning of the Antwerp facility expected in mid-2028, and general operational and funding uncertainties noted in the forward‑looking statements.

Watch for concrete, monitorable items: any announced European customer purchase orders executed after October 14, 2025, progress updates on the Antwerp facility construction toward mid-2028, and disclosures about food‑grade certifications or additional EU approvals. Near term (weeks–months) will show whether certification converts into orders; medium term (through mid-2028) will show whether European production capacity arrives as planned.

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT), announced today it has received the REACH Certificate of Compliance, allowing the company to sell PureFive™ resin to customers in the European Union. The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) Certificate of Compliance confirms that materials handled and produced by PureCycle meet the European Union’s (EU) stringent regulatory requirements for human health and environmental protection.

Every substance used in making a product needs to be registered under REACH when the production volume of that product exceeds one ton per year. This regulation also applies in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

PureCycle VP of European and Asia Pacific Operations Wiebe Schipper said, “Achieving EU REACH certification will allow us to help expand the reach of our first-of-a-kind dissolution recycling technology. We’re seeing demand for PureFive™ resin in Europe and this certification will allow us to put future orders of our high-quality recycled polypropylene into the hands of these potential customers, allowing them to try our products before our European production starts in 2028.”

PureCycle has plans to build its first European facility at the port of Antwerp in Belgium. This facility is expected to be completed in mid-2028.

PureCycle’s flagship dissolution recycling facility in Ironton, Ohio came online in 2023. The Company’s PureFive™ resin from the Ironton Facility has been successfully transformed into various applications, including food packaging, automotive parts and textiles.

About PureCycle Technologies
PureCycle Technologies LLC., a subsidiary of PureCycle Technologies, Inc., holds a global license for the only patented dissolution recycling technology, developed by The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), that is designed to transform polypropylene plastic waste (designated as #5 plastic) into a continuously renewable resource. The unique purification process removes color, odor, and other impurities from #5 plastic waste resulting in our PureFive™ resin that can be recycled and reused multiple times, changing our relationship with plastic. www.purecycle.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the expected timing of the closing of the proposed offering of preferred stock, thee continued execution of PureCycle’s business plan; the expected growth in the number of PureCycle’s facilities, including the timing of such growth and the expected production capacities of PureCycle’s future facilities; the expected scale, efficiency and financial gains from each new facility, and the expected benefits from certain future facilities. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or PureCycle’s future financial or operating performance and may refer to projections and forecasts. Forward-looking statements are often identified by future or conditional words such as “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions), but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of PureCycle’s management and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of this press release. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in each of PureCycle’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and those discussed and identified in other public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission by PureCycle and the following: PCT’s ability to complete the proposed offering of preferred stock on the anticipated timing or at all PCT's ability to obtain funding for its operations and future growth and to continue as a going concern; PCT's ability to meet, and to continue to meet, applicable regulatory requirements for the use of PCT’s PureFive™ resin in food grade applications (including in the United States, Europe, Asia and other future international locations); PCT's ability to comply on an ongoing basis with the numerous regulatory requirements applicable to the PureFive™ resin and PCT’s facilities (including in the United States, Europe, Asia and other future international locations); expectations and changes regarding PCT’s strategies and future financial performance, including its future business plans, expansion plans or objectives, prospective performance and opportunities and competitors, revenues, products and services, pricing, operating expenses, market trends, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and PCT’s ability to invest in growth initiatives which could be impacted by significant changes to tariffs on foreign imports into the United States; the ability of PCT’s first commercial-scale recycling facility in Lawrence County, Ohio (the “Ironton Facility”) to be appropriately certified by Leidos, following certain performance and other tests, and commence full-scale commercial operations in a timely and cost-effective manner or at all; PCT’s ability to meet, and to continue to meet, the requirements imposed upon it and its subsidiaries by the funding for its operations, including the funding for the Ironton Facility; PCT’s ability to minimize or eliminate the many hazards and operational risks at its manufacturing facilities that can result in potential injury to individuals, disrupt its business (including interruptions or disruptions in operations at its facilities), and subject PCT to liability and increased costs; PCT’s ability to complete the necessary funding with respect to, and complete the construction of, (i) its first U.S. multi-line facility, located in Augusta, Georgia, and (ii) its first commercial-scale European plant located in Antwerp, Belgium, in a timely and cost-effective manner; PCT’s ability to procure, sort and process polypropylene plastic waste at its planned plastic waste prep facilities; PCT’s ability to maintain exclusivity under the Procter & Gamble Company license; the implementation, market acceptance and success of PCT’s business model and growth strategy; the success or profitability of PCT’s offtake arrangements; the ability to source feedstock with a high polypropylene content at a reasonable cost; PCT’s future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash; developments and projections relating to PCT’s competitors and industry; the outcome of any legal or regulatory proceedings to which PCT is, or may become, a party including the securities class action and putative class action cases; geopolitical risk and changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that PCT may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors, including interest rates, availability of capital, economic cycles, and other macro-economic impacts; turnover in employees and increases in employee-related costs; changes in the prices and availability of labor (including labor shortages), transportation and materials, including inflation, supply chain conditions and its related impact on energy and raw materials, and PCT’s ability to obtain them in a timely and cost-effective manner; any business disruptions due to political or economic instability, pandemics, armed hostilities (including the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East); the potential impact of climate change on PCT, including physical and transition risks, higher regulatory and compliance costs, reputational risks, and availability of capital on attractive terms; and operational risk.

PCT undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions made prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

PureCycle Contact
Christian Bruey
cbruey@purecycle.com  

Investor Relations Contact
Eric DeNatale
edenatale@purecycle.com

FAQ

What does PureCycle's REACH certification mean for PCT stock (Nasdaq: PCT)?

REACH compliance (Oct 14, 2025) permits PureCycle to sell PureFive™ resin in the EU region, potentially expanding addressable markets ahead of EU production.

When can European customers expect PureCycle to begin local production (PCT)?

PureCycle plans its first European facility at Antwerp with expected completion in mid-2028.

Can PureFive™ resin currently be used in food packaging in Europe (PCT)?

REACH confirms material compliance with EU chemical rules, but continued food-grade approvals and compliance remain required for specific uses.

Where is PureCycle currently producing PureFive™ resin (PCT)?

PureFive™ resin is currently produced at PureCycle's flagship dissolution recycling facility in Ironton, Ohio, online in 2023.

Does the REACH certificate allow immediate European sales of PureFive™ (PCT)?

Yes; the REACH Certificate of Compliance permits PureCycle to sell PureFive™ resin to customers in the EU and associated countries.