
cooldown°earth welcomes North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) funding for matterr – Public funds and public welfare capital accelerate circular technology -18.8.2025 10:26:25 EEST | cooldown°earth foundation | Press release
Düsseldorf/Berlin, 15 August 2025. The non-profit cooldown°earth foundation congratulates its portfolio company matterr on receiving funding confirmation from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the EFRE/JTF program “Produktives.NRW.” Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Mona Neubaur presented the funding approval on August 6 in Düsseldorf. To help end the export of waste from industrialised nations—a practice that currently places a disproportionate burden on the world’s poorest countries—matterr has developed a globally patented solution capable of repeatedly transforming waste back into high-quality raw materials. With this funding, matterr can accelerate the construction of its second plant, now on a small industrial scale, in North Rhine-Westphalia. The core technology is the depolymerization of PET under mild conditions. This allows mixed waste such as multi-layer packaging or mixed textile fabrics to be broken down into their primary components and foss