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    Mitsui Chemicals achieves commercial production of biomass polypropylene

    • Last Update: 2023-01-24
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On March 3, Mitsui Chemicals Co.
    , Ltd.
    announced that its subsidiary Prime Polymer Co.
    , Ltd.
    has become the first company in Japan to commercially produce biomass polypropylene

    .

    Mitsui Chemicals is advancing strategies to recycle chemical plastics and convert them into biomass to realize a circular economy
    .
    Mitsui Chemicals conducted the world's first demonstration test of bio-polypropylene industrialization

    .
    Back in 2019, Mitsui announced in a statement: "Our goal is to commercialize bio-polypropylene, which, unlike other major resins, has not been produced from biomass

    .
    We will Create a circular model in the manufacturing supply chain to significantly reduce CO2 emissions

    .

    While conventional plastics are produced from fossil resources stored underground for hundreds of millions of years, bioplastics come mainly from plants
    .
    Because plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow, they provide a more efficient way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, thereby helping to mitigate global warming

    .
    Biopolypropylene derived from plants is a product that promises to contribute to a more sustainable society

    .

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