据安迅思新加坡8月23日消息，日本住友化学周一表示，公司正在日本爱媛县新居滨市新建一个用于聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)化学回收的试点设施。
该公司在一份声明中表示，新设施预计将于2022年秋季开始试验，并将于2023年开始提供样品。
工厂的产能细节没有披露。
住友化学表示:“与此同时，该公司将致力于开发PMMA的回收系统，从收集使用过的丙烯酸树脂到回收再加工成产品，旨在将化学回收的PMMA尽早商业化。”
在这次试验中，用作原材料的使用过的丙烯酸树脂将来自于Nippura公司，该公司生产大型水族馆用的丙烯酸板。
该公司表示:“住友化学也将开始研究开发稳定的原材料采购体系，包括回收废弃汽车、电器和防护隔板中的使用过的丙烯酸树脂。”
根据住友化学的数据，去年全球对丙烯酸树脂的需求超过130万吨，预计未来还将继续稳步增长。
张春晓 摘译自 ICIS
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Japan's Sumitomo Chemical building pilot plant for PMMA recycling
Sumitomo Chemical is building a pilot facility for chemical recycling of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) at Niihama in Ehime prefecture, Japan, the producer said align="justify"> The new facility is expected to begin pilot tests in the fall of 2022 and will start providing samples in 2023, the company said in a statement.
Plant capacity details were not disclosed.
"In parallel with this project, the company will work to develop a recycling system for PMMA, from collection of used acrylic resin to recycling and reprocessing into products, aiming for early commercialisation of chemically recycled PMMA," it said.
The used acrylic resin to be used as a raw material in this pilot test will be sourced from Nippura Co, which produces large acrylic panels for aquariums.
"Sumitomo Chemical will also begin to study the development of a stable raw material procurement system, including the collection of used acrylic resin from scrapped automobiles, electrical appliances, and protective partition panels," the company said.
Global demand for acrylic resins exceeded 1.3m tonnes last year and is expected to continue to grow steadily in the future, according to Sumitomo Chemical.
