Resynergi’s core values align with SOMO’s core values:

• Environmental responsibility
• Climate-tech innovation
• Community-based job creation

We have installed a small-scale demonstration plant at SOMO, adjacent to our executive offices, as a destination to show how future sites can operate safely and efficiently. Being located in the heart of Northern California’s sustainable tech corridor, SOMO Village provides the ideal environment as our home and headquarters.

Resynergi’s SOMO Village location has been designed for R&D and to demonstrate our method of converting plastic into oil. We welcome the community to visit our site and see our module in action.

The BAAQMD is following its standard permitting process, which includes notifying nearby schools and residents about any proposed equipment that requires an air quality permit. This process is designed to ensure transparency and allow for public input, not to signal a concern.

Resynergi has been working with BAAQMD since December 2024 to meet the strictest environmental and safety standards, and welcomes the opportunity for community review. The 30-day public comment period is a normal part of permitting and gives neighbors a chance to ask questions and learn more. We support this process as an important part of building trust and maintaining accountability.

Yes.

On March 9, 2021, the city of Rohnert Park certified a supplemental environmental impact report (EIR) for the Sonoma Mountain (SOMO) Village Project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

AMP is Resynergi’s patented plastic-recycling technology. It is generally accepted in the industry as safe. It does not involve household microwaves or open flames. It’s an oxygen-free system where plastic is thermally decomposed using indirect heat. The process harnesses microwave energy to reduce plastic back down to base molecules. Unlike incineration, pyrolysis involves no fire and no smoke.

The AMP system has been safety-certified by an OSHA-approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory as explosion-proof, following months of in-depth evaluation. The system was rated “low-risk” to people and property by PMO Global Services, a global risk management consultancy, after a rigorous process review. The system has been pressure tested to many times the normal operating pressure by a 3rd party, proving seal tightness and build quality. The system, our building, and our oil storage techniques have been reviewed by multiple fire prevention engineering consultants and the Rohnert Park Fire Department.

If there were any questions about the AMP systems’s safety we would not have not located it adjacent to our executives offices

We shred hard-to-recycle plastic into pellets. The pellets travel through a tube to Resynergi’s patented AMP system. The system uses microwaves to heat the plastic in an oxygen-free environment, so there’s no fire, no burning, and no incineration. The plastic is broken down into short hydrocarbon molecules that we condense into liquid oil.

In just seconds, 70% of the plastic becomes oil. Nothing goes to waste! The only solid byproduct has been tested and can be used in concrete manufacturing, and the gas will be captured in a co-generation unit, generating enough power to run the whole process. Eventually, excess power from co-generation will be delivered back to the grid.

It is important to our mission that the module always be small, so that the AMP system can be delivered to where the plastic is, from suburban communities like Rohnert Park to big cities and remote rural areas. Transporting plastic long distances to centralized locations generates more emissions than bringing the technology to the plastics. We have partnered with a number of local companies that generate significant amounts of plastic waste in order to address the waste problem before it reaches landfills or waterways, where it can have lasting impacts on the environment and human health.

It will reuse or recycle more than 100% of what it processes.

• It is energy-efficient and will utilize the energy generated from the process itself to power operations, thereby lowering external energy demands.
• Creates a self-sustaining energy loop, reducing our carbon footprint by 68%. 
• Uses less than 10 gallons of water a year, and discharges no wastewater.
• Driving around in your car for a little over an hour generates more VOCs than our whole system will in 24 hours, thanks to our best-in-class Questor thermal oxidizer. The VOCs found in our emissions are also all found in car exhaust, and in fact, car exhaust contains a wider variety of hazardous VOCs. This is verified by 3rd-party reviewers and peer-reviewed studies, and emissions are continuously monitored and reported to the Air District.
• Breaks down dangerous chemicals, like PFAs (polyfluoroalkyl substances or “forever chemicals”), which might otherwise leach into the water table if left in a landfill.

The “semi-truck” example was just to give people a frame of reference for CO₂ as a whole, not a direct health-risk comparison.

Homes and the school nearby are factored into the Air District’s health-risk modeling, and Resynergi will have controls, monitoring, and regular testing in place to make sure emissions stay well within strict safety standards.

Thermal oxidizers are built skinny and tall specifically to address this concern. Cars and trucks emit fumes at ground level where people breathe and where air is more stagnant. Resynergi’s thermal oxidizer is 30 feet tall, discharging at high velocity into a layer of air that flows much more quickly in order to rapidly reduce concentration and to prevent human exposure.

Additionally, the thermal oxidizer has no visible flame, smoke, or odorous emissions. There are no notable air quality impacts to neighboring buildings and homes.

A thermal oxidizer is one of a number of technologies used in emissions control. A thermal oxidizer uses high temperatures and a clean fuel gas to convert potentially hazardous gases into CO₂, while keeping it enclosed so that no flame or smoke is visible. These units usually have a rated conversion efficiency of 98-99%, similar to the catalytic converter on a car, which, when brand new, reaches 98%. The Questor thermal oxidizer we use is the most advanced in the industry, reaching a conversion efficiency of 99.99%, as validated by the ISO, the globally recognized International Standards Organization. The thermal oxidizer is used only to destroy light gases, i.e. no plastic material ever enters the thermal oxidizer. Again, we will not burn any plastic. Questor has installed more than 1,000 of these units globally, many directly adjacent to houses (within 30 feet) and some even next to playgrounds. The 99.99% efficiency figure has been verified by a globally recognized independent standards development organization, and proven through the operation of its 1,000+ units. The sensors included in this system are connected directly to the onboard control computer and cannot be tampered with by Resynergi. These sensors also send signals back to Resynergi’s control system, automatically stopping our machine within 1 second of reading “out-of-range” data from the Questor system. This data cannot be falsified! It is not coming from sensors that Resynergi controls, and as the data collected by other control systems is reported regularly to the Air District, any altered data could indicate false reporting, triggering an investigation. Additionally, permit conditions require us to use a continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) on the thermal oxidizer. This CEMS is provided, installed, and maintained by a certified 3rd party, and it collects data every 10 seconds, which is to be reported to the Air District every month, where the public can then monitor emissions from the plant themselves.

The data presented in the Air District’s Engineering Report has been verified by 3rd party testing. All components of the emissions are known (e.g. the organic emissions from the AMP system are the same as those commonly found in car exhaust), all have been studied by independent researchers, and each has been categorized by the EPA and Air District based on human and environmental health impacts.

Propylene and 1,3-butadiene, which are Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs), are present after the initial stage of pyrolysis. They were presented in the report for public awareness. It was largely because of the 1,3-butadienes that we invested in the industry-leading Questor thermal oxidizer, which has 99.99% destructive capability vs. the standard equipment which achieves 99.0% (i.e. In other words the thermal oxidizer reduces the emissions from 1% to .01%, a 100x improvement).

Both compounds have been extensively studied for their effect on human, animal, and plant health due to their prevalence in car exhaust and other environmental sources (campfires, microbial degradation, etc.), and this data is publicly available. Because of our Questor system, these chemicals will be destroyed at a level 200 times more effectively than a catalytic converter.

Resynergi is working with regulatory bodies to ensure we comply with all of California’s environmental and fire codes.Each AMP unit includes 100s of sensors that continuously monitor pressure, flow, temperature, and air quality. If any reading approaches safety limits, the system shuts down immediately.

The AMP system will commence operations after ensuring:

• Compliance with California’s BAAQMD environmental codes
• Approval from the Rohnert Park Fire Department
• Administrative permit issued by the City of Rohnert Park
• Continuous data reporting from every unit to a centralized monitoring system
• Intertek, a nationally recognized testing lab, has certified the entire AMP module as a single, safety-assured system
• Spill Prevention Program is implemented by certified Professional Engineer

No. Our technology is 40’ L x 8’ W x 9.5’ H, made to travel on the back of a truck. We only have one module on site. It is already installed. It’s small enough to fit in a three-car garage.

Twice a week, a truck will drop off otherwise unrecyclable plastic waste. After the plastic waste is fed through Resynergi’s processor, one truck will haul away up to 5,000 gallons of oil each week, if the plant is operating at maximum capacity.

Resynergi has created 24+ local jobs and plans to expand an executive presence to attract Climate Tech talent to the area as we build out our worldwide headquarters. Resynergi supports economic development, innovation, and sustainability in Rohnert Park and throughout the region.