The Fort Worth Press - SMX and Tradepro Advance "Material Efficiency" in Plastics Recycling

Integrating molecular traceability into recycled plastics to deliver transparent, auditable, and regulatory-ready reporting-to bridge the recycled content gap, lower costs for American companies, and empower new generations of consumers to choose sustainable products.

NEW YORK, NY AND MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 1, 2025 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX), a pioneer in digitizing physical objects for a circular economy, and Tradepro Inc., a U.S.-based leader in plastics recycling and distribution, today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of sustainable plastics across multiple applications. By combining SMX's molecular traceability platform with Tradepro's extensive recycling and distribution network, the two companies aim to deliver a new level of material efficiency and supply chain reliability to the U.S. plastics market.

Bridging the Recycled Content Gap

The collaboration is designed to bridge the demand gap for recycled content across a wide spectrum of plastics-not limited to PET-ensuring U.S. companies can access verifiable recycled materials for packaging, manufacturing, and consumer goods. With SMX's molecular markers embedded at the material level, brand owners, regulators, and auditors would gain trusted, auditable data on recycled content percentages and product origin.

Unlocking Efficiency and Reducing Foreign Dependency

Beyond sustainability, the collaboration is being positioned as a cost-saving and efficiency driver for American companies. By enabling localized sourcing and transparent verification of recycled materials, Tradepro and SMX are looking to help reduce reliance on imported chemicals and materials, while cutting transportation costs tied to overseas and inland supply chains. This is expected to create a stronger, more resilient U.S. plastics ecosystem.

Meeting Consumer Expectations

With a significant cross-section of the U.S. population placing a premium on sustainable product choices, the collaboration is expected to create an industry standout opportunity. By delivering plastics that are digitally certified for recycled content and origin, Tradepro and SMX's collaboration would enable American consumers to make confident, sustainability-driven purchasing decisions-supporting a new generation's demand for authenticity and accountability.

Key Outcomes of the Collaboration

• FDA Compliance: SMX's molecular marker was integrated into Tradepro's rPET resin in line with FDA regulations for Food Contact Substances (21 CFR), confirming its industrial applicability for food-grade packaging.

• End-to-End Durability: The marker was consistently detected across all process stages-resin, compounding, and final bottle production-proving its durability and reliability.

• Non-Destructive Verification: Using SMX's proprietary reader, marked rPET was identified and traced post-production without altering product performance or appearance.

• Quantitative Accuracy: SMX technology accurately detected varying recycled-content percentages in Tradepro's rPET, providing a robust quality and compliance tool for the supply chain.

• Digital Certification: The system is designed to enable Tradepro to authenticate origin, quantify recycled content in real time, and deliver auditable reports to regulators, auditors, brand owners, and customers.

Steven Schmutter, President of Tradepro Inc., said:
"For more than 35 years, Tradepro has supplied recycled plastics to industries worldwide. Partnering with SMX allows us to take the next step-delivering not only high-quality recycled materials but also the verified data that American companies and consumers are asking for. Together, we are expanding recycled content into new applications and building a more efficient, reliable U.S. market for sustainable plastics."

Haggai Alon, CEO & Founder of SMX, added:
"This partnership is about more than traceability-it's about efficiency. By embedding molecular identity into recycled plastics and pairing it with a digital certification platform, we're enabling American companies to cut costs, reduce foreign dependency, and meet the expectations of younger generations who want sustainable products. This is how material efficiency becomes a competitive advantage."

Driving a New Industry Standard

By embedding traceability at the molecular level and linking it to a secure blockchain record, SMX and Tradepro are laying the groundwork for a new industry reporting standard-one built on verifiable data rather than self-declaration. This aligns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Sustainable Management of Plastics" program and responds to growing demands for transparent, auditable circularity practices.

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About SMX

As global businesses face new and complex challenges relating to carbon neutrality and meeting new governmental and regional regulations and standards, SMX is able to offer players along the value chain access to its marking, tracking, measuring and digital platform technology to transition more successfully to a low-carbon economy.

About Tradepro Inc.

For over 35 years, Tradepro Inc. has been a trusted partner in the plastics recycling industry. Expected for 2025, Tradepro Inc. will procure and distribute over 90,000 metric tons of recycled plastic materials. Tradepro Inc. specialize in the procurement and distribution of plastic raw materials. Their foundation is built on unwavering reliability. They are driven to consistently deliver the highest quality recycled materials to their global customer base. Tradepro Inc. envision a world where resources are valued, ethically sourced, and repurposed towards a cleaner, greener planet of tomorrow.

Forward-Looking Statements

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SOURCE: SMX (Security Matters)

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L.Coleman--TFWP