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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Environmental problems
such as plastic pollution, global warming due to human population explosion, are
getting severe in the world and especially the microplastic problem in the
marine environment is becoming a devastating issue, said Chemweek.
It
is predicted that the amount of plastic garbage will be more than that of fish
in the world by 2050. There are also some scientific reports that these
microplastics are already in our human body. Therefore, plastic recycling,
reduction of plastic usage itself, and biodegradable plastic usage and
development, have been intensively challenged and carried out.
In this
regard, Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. has developed
biodegradable Textile, fiber, yarn, film with cellulose based resin. They have
also applied their nano cellulose composite technology into this cellulose based
material, and made so to speak "cellulose + nano cellulose" material and
products. Green Science Alliance had confirmed previously that mixed nano
cellulose in the biodegradable resin can increase biodegradability. This
"cellulose + nano cellulose" resin is a very interesting new type of
biodegradable resin material. In addition, cellulose can be said to be a very
environmentally friendly biodegradable resin since most of biodegradable resins
are composed of either petroleum or edible biomass. Using edible biomass such as
corn, sugarcane, potato, etc. as raw material can be risky since they compete
with human nutritious food.
They will keep making an effort to improve
resin properties such as mechanical properties, molding properties, etc., in
order to create good biodegradable resin fiber, yarn, film, as well as
non-woven.
As MRC informed earlier,
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. is collaborating with Kaisei Inc. on a project aimed at
the development of bio-PP at commercial scale. The project has been adopted by
Japan's Ministry of the Environment as part of its plans for a carbon-free
society ambition. Mitsui Chemicals' bio-PP pilot project will aid in the
country’s effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
According to MRC's
ScanPlast report,
Russia's PP shipments to the Russian market totalled 347,440 tonnes in
January-April 2020 (calculated by the formula production minus export plus
import). Supply exclusively of PP random copolymer increased. |
