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The three companies are pleased to announce that they will begin demonstration testing of the material recycling production process, including the installation of devices to verify the principles of the production demonstration process, in June.
The material recycling technology to be developed in this process will enable plastic composite packaging materials to be peeled, deinked2 and separated for extraction as resins of different materials. With little deterioration in the quality of each of the separated resins anticipated, consideration is being given to using these recycled resins as raw materials for films used in toiletries such as detergents and shampoos and food packaging materials. The three companies aim to develop a production process for material-recycled plastic film and make it publicly available in fiscal 2027.
Background to development
Establishing a recycling scheme to reuse waste plastic as raw materials rather than simply incinerating it has become an urgent issue in recent years from the viewpoints of combatting global warming and effectively utilizing petroleum resources. When packaging materials made of plastic composite materials are horizontally recycled, there is the potential for recycling them into films that can be used as packaging materials.
Newly developed material recycling technology
The three companies have jointly developed a technology to separate composite plastic film used in toiletries and food products into recyclable single materials such as polyolefin and polyamide by crushing it and treating it with chemicals. The recycled resin is then used to make plastic film for packaging applications.
Roles of the three companies
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Future goals
Through this initiative, the
Horizontal recycling: recycling waste plastic as a raw material to make the same type of product
Deinking: removing ink and adhesive components from packaging materials that have undergone a printing process
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