Japan's Chemical Producers Turn More to Recycled Plastics

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Toyo Styrene Company Limited (Tokyo, Japan) started operations in March at a recycled styrene monomer (RSM) unit at its plant Ichihara, Japan.

The unit reduces plastic waste by repurposing wasted polystyrene trays to produce polystyrene pellets.

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Also in the past month, CircularPet Company Limited (Tokyo) started operations on a recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) unit that repurposes used plastic bottles, while Resonac Corporation (Tokyo) is planning to revamp its recycled synthesis Gasses production unit by 2029.

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