Showa Denko gets license to process industrial waste

Tokyo headquartered Showa Denko obtained a license to process industrial waste, and started to accept used plastics, which were crushed and molded.Since 2003, SDK’s Kawasaki Plant, located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, has been operating a “plastic chemical recycling business”, a business to recycle used plastics as raw materials for chemicals under the provisions of Containers and Packaging Recycling Law. SDK calls this business “Kawasaki Plastic Recycling (KPR)” . The company gasify used plastics under high temperature and decompose them to the level of molecules. Then gasified plastics are converted into hydrogen (low-carbon hydrogen) and carbon dioxide (CO2). It uses low-carbon hydrogen as raw material to produce ammonia and CO2 as raw material to produce dry ice and carbonated drinks.SDK to diversify sources of used plasticsThese days, social needs for high-technology based recycling of used plastics as a countermeasure against plastic-debris problems, including marine plastic problems, have been increasing. SDK obtained the license to process industrial waste as a response to the increase in such social needs. In addition, this license enables SDK to diversify…

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