JGC Corporation (JGC) and Japan Polypropylene Corporation (JPP) have started a joint study to establish a CO2 recycling scheme for polypropylene production by integrating their respective technologies in order to achieve carbon neutrality and a circular economy in the polypropylene product life cycle. We are pleased to announce that we have started a joint study to establish a CO2 recycling scheme for polypropylene production by integrating the two technologies.
Plastic is an indispensable material in society, and demand for polypropylene, which is used in a wide range of fields, is expected to increase in the future. On the other hand, it generates CO2 when it is incinerated, and there is an urgent need to address the issues of carbon neutrality and the circular economy.
With the aim of establishing a production technology for resource-recyclable polypropylene through carbon recycling, this joint study will focus on the DTP®※1 process for producing propylene from methanol, which is jointly owned by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and JGC, and the JPP Horizon™ process※2, which produces polypropylene from propylene. By improving the efficiency of this process integration, which uses carbon-recycled methanol produced from hydrogen and CO2 as a starting material to produce up to polypropylene, we aim to achieve carbon neutrality and circular economy in the product life cycle and improve the economics of the process.
We plan to study the process integration by 2025 at the latest, confirm the significance of technological and economic synergies, such as energy conservation through the reuse of waste heat and the common use of equipment, and prepare a strategy for sales promotion.
※1 https://www.jgc.com/en/business/tech-innovation/gas-petro-chemi/dtp.html
※2 https://www.j-polypropylene.com/en/licenses/
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