SMX and the Age of Parity: Recycled Plastic No Longer a Favor. It's a Must
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 20, 2026 / Recycled plastic used to be treated like a gesture. A favor to the planet.
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NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 20, 2026 / Recycled plastic used to be treated like a gesture. A favor to the planet.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 20, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Plc (NASDAQ:SMX) today announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, highlighting a significantly strengthened balance sheet, improved liquidity and continued execution of its global commercialization strategy. First Half 2026 Highlights: US$50.5 million raised during H1 2026 pursuant to its existing SEPA program.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 17, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Plc (NASDAQ:SMX) today announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, highlighting a significantly strengthened balance sheet, improved liquidity and continued execution of its global commercialization strategy. First Half 2026 Highlights: US$50.5 million raised during H1 2026 pursuant to its existing SEPA program.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2026 / A profound shift is reshaping the global plastics industry. Around the world, governments are tightening recycled content regulations, manufacturers are demanding verified materials, brands are facing growing scrutiny over sustainability claims, and Digital Product Passports are moving from concept to reality.
NEW YORK CITY, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - As states impose stricter recycling, recycled-content and producer-responsibility laws, SMX (NASDAQ: SMX) is entering a policy environment increasingly built around the one issue its technology was designed to address: proof. The next phase of recycling compliance will not be defined only by who collects more material.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 20, 2026 / Recycled plastic used to be treated like a gesture. A favor to the planet.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 20, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Plc (NASDAQ:SMX) today announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, highlighting a significantly strengthened balance sheet, improved liquidity and continued execution of its global commercialization strategy. First Half 2026 Highlights: US$50.5 million raised during H1 2026 pursuant to its existing SEPA program.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 17, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Plc (NASDAQ:SMX) today announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, highlighting a significantly strengthened balance sheet, improved liquidity and continued execution of its global commercialization strategy. First Half 2026 Highlights: US$50.5 million raised during H1 2026 pursuant to its existing SEPA program.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2026 / A profound shift is reshaping the global plastics industry. Around the world, governments are tightening recycled content regulations, manufacturers are demanding verified materials, brands are facing growing scrutiny over sustainability claims, and Digital Product Passports are moving from concept to reality.
NEW YORK CITY, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - As states impose stricter recycling, recycled-content and producer-responsibility laws, SMX (NASDAQ: SMX) is entering a policy environment increasingly built around the one issue its technology was designed to address: proof. The next phase of recycling compliance will not be defined only by who collects more material.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 24, 2026 / As states impose stricter recycling, recycled-content and producer-responsibility laws, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is entering a policy environment increasingly built around the one issue its technology was designed to address: proof. The next phase of recycling compliance will not be defined only by who collects more material.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 23, 2026 / The Age of Parity is permanent. As war, oil volatility, tariffs, trade fragmentation and supply-chain disruption reshape the global economy, certified recycled plastic has emerged as one of its most important economic outcomes.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 22, 2026 / The Age of Parity is permanent, and certified recycled plastic has emerged as one of its most important economic solutions. As war, oil volatility, tariffs, trade fragmentation and supply-chain nationalism permanently alter the global economy, the ability to manufacture with certified recycled plastic is no longer an environmental preference.
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New Feature is part of Company's Digital Materials Passport Platform NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 10, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW), today announced the launch of its Circularity-as-a-Service platform for the global plastics industry. The integrated platform is designed to turn recycled plastic from a fragmented waste stream into a verified, certified, traceable and tradeable industrial asset.
Empowering Collectors, Sorters, Recyclers, Converters, Brand Owners and Traders in the Age of Parity NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 10, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW), a pioneer in digitizing physical materials for a circular economy, today announced the launch of its new Circularity-as-a-Service platform for the plastics industry. The Circularity-as-a-Service platform combines multiple SMX technologies and service offerings to unlock the economic value of recycled plastics by enabling recyclers, sorters and manufacturers to accurately identify, grade, certify and verify recycled materials, with the goal of creating trusted recycled plastic streams for higher-value applications.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 31, 2026 / Plastic has always been treated as one of the world's most dependable materials: inexpensive, scalable, lightweight, and available in enormous volumes. It protects food, moves medicine, reduces shipping weight, supports health care, enables packaging, and keeps everyday products affordable.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 30, 2026 / Recycled plastic is no longer just a sustainability gesture. For years, it was treated as a responsible choice, a brand signal, or a way for companies to show progress toward environmental goals.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 2026 / Recycled plastic used to sit in the sustainability column. It was the responsible choice.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 2026 / American manufacturing is no longer just a question of where something is assembled. It is a question of what it is made from, where those materials came from, how they moved, whether they can be verified, and whether they can be used more efficiently.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 2026 / The future of American manufacturing will not be decided only by what gets built here. It will be decided by whether America can prove what those products are made from, where their materials came from, how they moved, how efficiently they were used, and whether they can be recovered, reused, and put back into the economy.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 2026 / The future of American manufacturing will not be measured only by how much the country can produce. It will be measured by how much it can prove.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 28, 2026 / American manufacturing is entering a new era where the label is no longer enough. "Made in America" still matters.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / Luxury has always sold more than product. It has sold origin.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / For years, recycled plastic was treated as a corporate virtue signal. A sustainability pledge.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / Plastic was once treated as the cheapest material in the world. That assumption is breaking.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / The world has spent decades treating plastic as cheap, endless, and disposable. That assumption is starting to collapse.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / The old plastics economy was built on one assumption: virgin plastic would always be cheap. That assumption is breaking.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) (the "Company"), today announced that the reverse stock split of the Company's ordinary shares will begin trading on an adjusted basis giving effect to the reverse stock split on June 1, 2026 under the existing ticker symbol "SMX". The new CUSIP number of the Company's ordinary shares will be G8267K216 and the new ISIN code will be IE000CNLGHH1.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) has recently been featured in Forbes, Miami Herald, TIME, Rolling Stone and other media as attention builds around a new materials reality: recycled plastic is no longer the backup plan. It is becoming the answer.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 26, 2026 / The old recycling story was built on good intentions. That story is over.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 25, 2026 / Recycled plastic used to be treated like a gesture. A favor to the planet.
New York Times analysis shows war-driven gasoline and diesel costs are raising the price of everyday life - strengthening the case for certified recycled plastic as an economic solution NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 22, 2026 / The war is no longer just raising the price of gas. It is raising the price of modern life.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 22, 2026 / The material once dismissed as too expensive, too messy, and too difficult to scale has become one of the most practical tools for keeping modern life affordable. Recycled plastic, long treated as the greener but costlier alternative to virgin plastic, is being redefined by war, oil volatility, supply-chain pressure, tariffs, regulation, and new verification technology.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2026 / The economics of plastic are entering a new phase. What was once assumed to be cheap, abundant, and endlessly available is now being tested by conflict, oil volatility, tariffs, resource pressure, and supply chain disruption.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 12, 2026 / Last week, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) outlined what it called the "Age of Parity" - the moment when recycled plastics and virgin plastics begin converging in cost due to war, oil volatility, supply chain disruption, tariffs, and resource pressure. But parity may prove to be only the beginning.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW) is entering the next phase of the plastic-pricing reset: moving the conversation from cost parity to cost control. On March 27, SMX outlined how rising energy prices, regulatory pressure and verification costs were reshaping the economics of virgin and recycled plastic.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / As geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflicts continue to unsettle global energy markets, the cost of everyday essentials-ranging from food and apparel to packaging and household goods-is climbing. SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) is positioning its technology as a practical response to these inflationary pressures, enabling industries to rely on verified recycled plastics to stabilize-and potentially reduce-production costs.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW) has launched its Digital Material Passport Platform, a new system designed to connect physical materials and products to secure digital records, creating verified identity, traceability, compliance, and authentication across global supply chains. The platform builds on SMX's molecular marking technology, which embeds invisible markers directly into materials and links them to a digital record that can travel with the material throughout its lifecycle.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / As global conflict and geopolitical instability continue to disrupt energy markets, the cost of everyday goods-from food and clothing to packaging and household essentials-is rising sharply. SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX) is positioning its technology as a direct solution to this inflationary pressure, enabling the use of verified recycled plastics to stabilize and potentially lower production costs across industries.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / As global supply chains face increasing pressure from raw material volatility, regulatory requirements, and pricing sensitivity, SMX (Security Matters) PLC (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) today highlighted how its technology platform is designed to help manufacturers improve cost visibility, reduce inefficiencies, and support product quality and compliance. At the core of SMX's offering is its Digital Material Passport Platform (DMPP), an infrastructure that embeds identity into materials and links them to secure, real-time digital records.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW) (the "Company"), today announced that the reverse stock split of the Company's ordinary shares will begin trading on an adjusted basis giving effect to the reverse stock split on May 11, 2026 under the existing ticker symbol "SMX". The new CUSIP number of the Company's ordinary shares will be G8267K190 and the new ISIN code will be IE0008D7EWV5.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 4, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) is redefining what "Made in America" can mean in a global economy where origin claims, supply chains, materials, and compliance standards are under more scrutiny than ever. For decades, "Made in America" has been treated largely as a label.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 4, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) is bringing a new level of verification to gold, transforming one of the world's oldest stores of value into a material that can carry proof of its own origin, movement, and history. For centuries, gold has been trusted because of its permanence.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) is redefining the role of trust in global commerce-moving it from a matter of belief to something that can be proven at the material level. Across industries, trust has traditionally been built on documentation: certificates, serial numbers, supplier declarations, and paper trails.
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW) is bringing a new level of verification to the global luxury market, where authenticity, provenance, and brand integrity are no longer marketing claims-they are business-critical requirements. Luxury has always traded on story.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX)(NASDAQ:SMXWW) is advancing a new affordability model for consumer goods by showing that rising material costs do not have to automatically translate into higher prices at the shelf. As households continue to feel pressure from the cost of groceries, clothing, packaging, household goods, and everyday essentials, manufacturers are facing their own pressure from volatile input costs.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX, SMXWW) is redefining what "Made in America" can mean in a global economy where origin claims, supply chains, materials, and compliance standards are under more scrutiny than ever. For decades, "Made in America" has been treated largely as a label.
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / SMX (NASDAQ:SMX; SMXWW), a leader in material-embedded identity and digital traceability solutions, advances molecular marking technology for silver, creating a new standard for how one of the world's most trusted metals can be authenticated, traced, and protected across increasingly complex global supply chains. Silver sits at the center of multiple high-value markets, from jewelry and investment products to industrial manufacturing, electronics, solar energy, and clean technologies.