Conceptually it looks like an oil refinery and it's meant to be built where such facilities are sited. In fact, a preliminary design for a 70 million pound per year commercial plant has been drawn. However, market conditions in the United States are in a state of flux because of a glut of virgin PET, so the economics must be constantly evaluated. In the Philippines, A. De Vera Corporation recently signed a licensing agreement to build production plants that use this selective dissolution technology. They now import all their plastic.
Recycling provides a raw material they can use to start their own industry.
Nauman and Lynch are discussing other licensing arrangements with companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It's the Economics Introducing a new recycling technology means being able to survive in a very competitive industry. One concern is that it produces a material that is very usable but has to compete against virgin plastic. You keep most of the energy already invested in the plastic. It's also a good thing that the solvent is reused, but the process is still basically a chemical factory and some toxins will escape.