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Chemical recycling equipment (Styrene monomer reduction system)
that helps solve the problem of waste plastics

  • Environment
  • Circular Economy
  • Activities in Products

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation

In addition to landfilling and incineration, processing of waste plastics is shifting to resource-circulation-type recycling, such as "material recycling" and "chemical recycling." Although such recycling is performed using various technologies, it has been pointed out that it is difficult to recycle waste plastics as a resource due to factors such as quality degradation caused by dirt and impurities as well as the low economic efficiency of the recycling business.
To solve these problems, Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation has worked to develop a system that can reduce polystyrene waste to styrene monomer, the raw material used for original plastic products, and we have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of associated chemical recycling equipment.
In addition to the system's high reduction rate, it has the following features, which are made possible by our unique technology, and thus contributes to the realization of a recycling-oriented society.
From the perspective of a plant equipment construction company,Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation will work to solve various issues in order to reduce environmental impacts and to realize sustainable societies both in Japan and overseas.

<Features of the styrene monomer reduction system>

  • The produced styrene monomer meets the JIS and ASTM quality standards.
  • Styrene monomer production uses less energy and has fewer CO2 emissions than production from crude oil.
  • No external fuel is required. (Only by-product fuel oil is required to heat the pyrolysis process.)