Kevin DeWhitt

Presentation Title:

The Challenges in Solving One of the Two Biggest Cost Drivers of Advanced Recycling – Feedstock Acquisition and Preparation

Kevin DeWhitt, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, PDO Technologies, Inc.

Abstract:

Regardless of project scale, all advanced recycling technologies are currently challenged with the costs associated with the “care and feeding” of their conversion process equipment. This presentation will examine the author’s 25-year history with conversion technologies and how each generation of effort was governed by the tools and technologies and constraints of the day, and how each step forward solved certain challenges but created others. The presentation will conclude with a list of best practices for feedstock acquisition and preparation for the current generation of companies in this growing space.

Bio:

Kevin DeWhitt is the founder of PDO Technologies Inc., a company dedicated to keeping plastic waste out of the natural environment. For the past 7 years, PDO Technologies has advanced its plastic waste conversion technology, making it economically efficient, carbon neutral and operable in the most remote corners of the world. Partnering with mechanical recyclers and local communities, PDO creates micro-circular economies, processing the hard-to-recycle plastic waste.

Prior to PDO, Mr. DeWhitt founded Agilyx Corporation, (originally, Plas2Fuel), a first of its kind, plastic-to-crude oil technology company. Agilyx raised more than $150 million from green-tech angel investors, venture capitalists and strategic partners, becoming the leader in chemical recycling. Mr. DeWhitt led the development efforts as Chief Technology Officer, resulting in commercialization in 2012 at three project locations in the USA. Mr. DeWhitt has been granted one international and eight national (US) patents related to PTF technology.