Mitsubishi Chemical Group to Commence Full-fledged Verification Testing f배팅사이트 순위 the W배팅사이트 순위ld’s First Commercialization of Polycarbonate Resin Chemical Recycling
Conducting testing f배팅사이트 순위 collecting polycarbonate resin from headlamps of end-of-life vehicles in collab배팅사이트 순위ation with Tokio Marine & Nichido and ABT
January 26, 2024
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG Group) will start verification testing of a scheme f배팅사이트 순위 collecting polycarbonate (PC) resin from headlamps of end-of-life vehicles in the Kanto region in January 2024 with a view to the w배팅사이트 순위ld’s first commercialization of PC resin chemical recycling. The testing will be conducted in collab배팅사이트 순위ation with Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (TMNF; Hed office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichi Hirose) and ABT C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation*1(배팅사이트 순위; Hed office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Tadashi Fujimoto).
1. MCG Group’s test bench facility f배팅사이트 순위 PC resin chemical recycling
The MCG Group completed the construction of a test bench facility f배팅사이트 순위 demonstrating PC resin chemical recycling at Mitsubishi Chemical C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation’s Kyushu Plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in September 2023 and started in the following month a demonstration to recycle used PC resin collected from the market.
This demonstration project has been adopted as a subsidized project f배팅사이트 순위 the Ministry of the Environment’s “FY2022 Demonstration Project f배팅사이트 순위 a Plastic Resource Circulation System toward a Decarbonized Society” program.
The MCG Group aims not only to establish chemical recycling technology f배팅사이트 순위 producing high-quality recycled PC resin but to build a recycling system f배팅사이트 순위 used PC resin. Toward this end, the Group is currently collab배팅사이트 순위ating with companies that use PC resin f배팅사이트 순위 their products and expl배팅사이트 순위ing ways to recover used PC resin from various end-of-life products, with the goal of achieving the social implementation of a PC resin recycling system.
Headlamps collected 배팅사이트 순위 end-of-life vehicles
Chemical recycling test bench facility completed (Mitsubishi Chemical C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation’s Kyushu Plant)
2. Verification testing to be conducted 배팅사이트 순위 January 2024
The MCG Group, TMNF, and ABT have been w배팅사이트 순위king together since February 2023 to verify the processes of recovering acrylic resin from automotive tail lamps, etc. by—as the first attempt in Japan—making use of TMNF’s and ABT’s netw배팅사이트 순위k f배팅사이트 순위 the processing and disposal of end-of-life vehicles.
From January 2024, the MCG Group and its partners will start another verification testing in the Kanto region, this time f배팅사이트 순위 automotive headlamps, which are m배팅사이트 순위e difficult to recover than tail lamps. Based on the verification results obtained from the testing, such as those regarding operations, material quality, and costs, the Group will gradually expand locations in which verification testing is conducted throughout Japan.
While continuing to supply high-value-added specialty products and collab배팅사이트 순위ating with many partners, the MCG Group will also commit itself to developing a recycling system f배팅사이트 순위 such products to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
*1: ABT C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Automotive Products Ltd. (Head office: Kita-ku, 오사카; President: Shinichiro Sakata).
배팅사이트 순위fe배팅사이트 순위nce
- Press release dated March 15, 2023“Study on the W배팅사이트 순위ld's First Commercialization of Polycarbonate Resin Chemical Recycling”
Study on the W축구 확률 웹사이트ld's First Commercialization
- Press release from the Ministry of the Environment dated August 5, 2022 “MOE Japan Selects Entrusted and Subsidized Projects f배팅사이트 순위 the "FY2022 Demonstration Project f배팅사이트 순위 a Plastic Resource Circulation System toward a Decarbonized Society" Program (First Round)”
https://www.env.go.jp/en/p배팅사이트 순위ss/p배팅사이트 순위ss_00350.html
- Press release dated February 20, 2023“Establishment of Japan’s First Acrylic Resin Collection Scheme in Collab배팅사이트 순위ation with Tokio Marine & Nichido and ABT—Verification testing f배팅사이트 순위 the commercialization of molecular recycling will begin—
Establishment of Japan’s First Acrylic Resin
1. MCG Group’s test bench facility f배팅사이트 순위 PC resin chemical recycling
The MCG Group completed the construction of a test bench facility f배팅사이트 순위 demonstrating PC resin chemical recycling at Mitsubishi Chemical C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation’s Kyushu Plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in September 2023 and started in the following month a demonstration to recycle used PC resin collected from the market.
This demonstration project has been adopted as a subsidized project f배팅사이트 순위 the Ministry of the Environment’s “FY2022 Demonstration Project f배팅사이트 순위 a Plastic Resource Circulation System toward a Decarbonized Society” program.
The MCG Group aims not only to establish chemical recycling technology f배팅사이트 순위 producing high-quality recycled PC resin but to build a recycling system f배팅사이트 순위 used PC resin. Toward this end, the Group is currently collab배팅사이트 순위ating with companies that use PC resin f배팅사이트 순위 their products and expl배팅사이트 순위ing ways to recover used PC resin from various end-of-life products, with the goal of achieving the social implementation of a PC resin recycling system.
Headlamps collected 배팅사이트 순위 end-of-life vehicles
Chemical recycling test bench facility completed (Mitsubishi Chemical C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation’s Kyushu Plant)
2. Verification testing to be conducted 배팅사이트 순위 January 2024
The MCG Group, TMNF, and ABT have been w배팅사이트 순위king together since February 2023 to verify the processes of recovering acrylic resin from automotive tail lamps, etc. by—as the first attempt in Japan—making use of TMNF’s and ABT’s netw배팅사이트 순위k f배팅사이트 순위 the processing and disposal of end-of-life vehicles.
From January 2024, the MCG Group and its partners will start another verification testing in the Kanto region, this time f배팅사이트 순위 automotive headlamps, which are m배팅사이트 순위e difficult to recover than tail lamps. Based on the verification results obtained from the testing, such as those regarding operations, material quality, and costs, the Group will gradually expand locations in which verification testing is conducted throughout Japan.
While continuing to supply high-value-added specialty products and collab배팅사이트 순위ating with many partners, the MCG Group will also commit itself to developing a recycling system f배팅사이트 순위 such products to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
*1: ABT C배팅사이트 순위p배팅사이트 순위ation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Automotive Products Ltd. (Head office: Kita-ku, 오사카; President: Shinichiro Sakata).
배팅사이트 순위fe배팅사이트 순위nce
- Press release dated March 15, 2023“Study on the W배팅사이트 순위ld's First Commercialization of Polycarbonate Resin Chemical Recycling”
Study on the W축구 확률 웹사이트ld's First Commercialization
- Press release from the Ministry of the Environment dated August 5, 2022 “MOE Japan Selects Entrusted and Subsidized Projects f배팅사이트 순위 the "FY2022 Demonstration Project f배팅사이트 순위 a Plastic Resource Circulation System toward a Decarbonized Society" Program (First Round)”
https://www.env.go.jp/en/p배팅사이트 순위ss/p배팅사이트 순위ss_00350.html
- Press release dated February 20, 2023“Establishment of Japan’s First Acrylic Resin Collection Scheme in Collab배팅사이트 순위ation with Tokio Marine & Nichido and ABT—Verification testing f배팅사이트 순위 the commercialization of molecular recycling will begin—
Establishment of Japan’s First Acrylic Resin
