Toray Co., Ltd. has been committed to the chemical recycling of PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) resin by depolymerizing leftover materials generated during the production process for many years, and has previously expanded The company has launched a product line-up of high-performance grades with glass fiber reinforcement, low warpage, hydrolysis resistance, etc., and has begun providing samples.
This recycled PBT resin has the same level of physical properties as PBT resin derived from virgin materials and is expected to reduce the carbon footprint (CFP). In addition, we also obtained SGS Japan
Inc. third-party verification based on ISO14021:2016 (※1).
General resin recycling has problems such as the mixing of foreign matter or foreign materials and the deterioration of material quality. Toray’s chemical recycling can achieve the same high quality as virgin materials by implementing one-stop quality management from depolymerization and repolymerization to composite modification. The market supply of recycled PBT resin.
Toray is currently developing levels of chemical recycling and material recycling using “post-consumer recycled plastic” (PCR) resin, which is recycled from post-consumer products recovered from the market.
In the future, Toray will fully promote the recycled PBT resin products of environmentally friendly resin materials under the brand “‘Ecouse’ TORAYCONTM”.
Toray has set “responsible resource management and realization of a sustainable world” as one of its goals in 2050 in the “Toray Group Sustainability Vision”. We will continue to work hard to meet customers’ needs for environmentally friendly resins and put into practice our corporate philosophy of “we contribute to society by creating new value.”