The Age of Parity Makes Affordability Real

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 2, 2026 / It was there all along. SMX is unlocking new economic value from the enormous supply of plastic the world has already manufactured, much of it sitting in products, packaging and waste streams across the global economy. Now, as the economics of producing new plastic shift dramatically, that existing material is becoming far more valuable, turning what was once treated as waste into an increasingly competitive source of supply. SMX has developed the technology to authenticate that material, track its lifecycle and create an economic framework for putting it back to work.

The timing matters. War, inflation, supply-chain pressures and the lingering economic effects of COVID have changed the cost equation surrounding oil and petrochemicals. Virgin plastic, whose economics are tied to fossil-based feedstocks, no longer enjoys the automatic price advantage it once did. In parts of the market, recycled plastic has reached parity with virgin material and can even be less expensive.