DATABEYOND: Driving ESG Progress Through Advanced Recycling Sorting

The global circular economy faces a critical challenge: plastic waste. Each year, approximately 1.4 trillion bottles enter the waste stream, overwhelming landfills, polluting ecosystems, and straining finite resources like crude oil (Plastic Waste Index, 2024). Yet, recycling offers a powerful solution—turning waste into a resource while delivering significant environmental and social value.

Recycling plastic is far more than waste management; it’s a cornerstone of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) goals. For every 1kg of plastic waste recycled, 2–3kg of crude oil is conserved, reducing reliance on fossil fuels (International Recycling Federation, 2024). It also cuts the need for virgin plastic feedstock by 1kg per recycled kg, curbs solid waste sent to landfills by 0.53kg, and slashes emissions: CO₂ output from ethylene production drops by 50%, SO₂ by 80% (Global Recycling Network, 2024). Compared to virgin plastic production, recycled plastic manufacturing reduces wastewater by 45% and energy use by 60–70% (UN Environment Programme, 2024). Crucially, plastic recycling achieves a greenhouse gas reduction of 0.36 tCO₂e per ton of waste processed (Climate Action Network, 2024).

Against this backdrop, DATABEYOND is accelerating progress. In 2024, the company sorted 200 billion bottles—enough to circle the Earth 9,976 times and equivalent to reforesting 15.21 million standard football fields. For these 200 billion PET bottles (each averaging 0.015kg), the total recycled plastic amounts to 3 million tons, translating to approximately 1.08 million tons of CO₂ emissions avoided—underscoring its role in global decarbonization.

Beyond emissions, DATABEYOND’s work strengthens circular economies: conserving resources, reducing pollution, and creating resilient supply chains. Socially, it supports green jobs and aligns with communities’ demands for sustainable waste management—key pillars of ESG leadership.

DATABEYOND’s impact stems from its diverse product portfolio, each tailored to unlock recycling potential across sectors:

· Plastic waste sorting: AI-powered, multi-sensor fusion solutions enable plastic recycling businesses to produce higher-quality outputs efficiently and cost-effectively, outperforming traditional methods in both precision and affordability.

· Textile waste sorting: Versatile systems address diverse needs, from material composition and garment style categorization to quality grading, ensuring textiles are redirected to highest-value uses rather than landfills.

· Film sorting: Specialized technology tackles lightweight, flexible plastics like packaging films, overcoming tangling and drift issues that hinder conventional sorters, and boosting recovery rates.

· MSW (municipal solid waste) sorting: Integrated systems streamline urban waste processing, enhancing the extraction of recyclables from mixed streams to support city-level circularity goals.

· C&D (construction and demolition) waste sorting: Advanced sensors separate reusable materials from contaminants in building and renovation waste, promoting resource reuse and reducing the construction sector’s environmental footprint.

By merging innovation with purpose, DATABEYOND isn’t just building sorting machines—it’s empowering industries to meet ESG commitments, one sorted stream at a time. In a world racing to reduce its environmental footprint, such technology isn’t just necessary; it’s transformative.