据ICIS-MRC网站3月17日莫斯科报道，据《印度化学新闻》报道，三菱化学公司（MCC）和丰田通商株式会社（Toyota Tsusho Corporation）已开始联合考虑以生物乙醇为原料生产和销售乙烯、丙烯及其衍生物，目标是在2025年开始运营。

为了实现可持续的循环型社会，对塑料的再利用和回收的需求越来越大。 也有强烈的期望通过使用植物衍生材料实现可持续的生命周期。

MCC和丰田通商正致力于各种回收工艺的商业化，旨在通过将源自化石燃料的原材料转换为源自植物的材料来实现循环型社会。

为了使一系列产品更具可持续性，包括在包装/容器和卫生用品中通常难以收集和回收的产品，两家公司都决定研究如何将乙烯、丙烯及其由植物衍生原材料制成的衍生物的制造和销售商业化。

MCC和丰田通商将评估以生物乙醇为原料的100%植物源乙烯(生物乙烯)及其衍生物的生产，以及以生物乙烯为原料的日本首个植物源丙烯(生物丙烯)及其衍生物的生产和销售。

两家公司将调查生物乙烯、生物丙烯及其衍生物的市场需求，并进行具体的可行性评估，目标是到2025年实现商业化。

郝芬 译自 ICIS-MRC

原文如下：

Mitsubishi Chemical and Toyota Tsusho to jointly study ethylene, propylene and their derivatives production from bioethanol

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation have begun a joint-consideration to manufacture and sale ethylene, propylene, and their derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, with an aim to commence operation in 2025, according to Indian CHEMICAL News.

There is a growing need for plastic reuse and recycling to achieve the realization of a sustainable recycling-oriented society. There are also strong expectations for realizing a sustainable life cycle by using plant-derived materials.

MCC and Toyota Tsusho are working on the commercialization of various recycling processes and aim to realize a recycling-oriented society by switching from raw materials derived from fossil fuels to plant-derived materials.

In order to make a wide range of products more sustainable, including products which are generally difficult to collect and recycle among packaging/containers and sanitary goods, both companies have decided to examine how to commercialize the manufacture and sale of ethylene, propylene, and their derivatives made from plant-derived raw materials.

MCC and Toyota Tsusho will evaluate the manufacture of 100% plant-derived ethylene (bioethylene) and its derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, and the manufacture and sale of the first plant-derived propylene in Japan (biopropylene) and its derivatives using bioethylene as its raw material.

Both companies will investigate the market need for bioethylene, biopropylene, and their derivatives and conduct a concrete feasibility assessment with an aim to commercialize by 2025.