How can plastic materials, circular economy and sustainability interact? As a producer of PMMA (Polymethyl methacrylate), one of the many plastic materials existing, we have a responsibility in both our production approach and in the vision that society has of plastics. Sustainability needs a long terms approach. The debate about global climate change, environment, water scarcity, health, and waste reduction, put every company in front of challenges and responsibilities.

We start from our own product: PMMA sheets that can be recycled to its original raw material countless times, without losing its peculiar characteristics.

These characteristics make PMMA the perfect material for a circular economy and for waste reduction. In this context, we strive every day to grow our knowledge to find new ways to improve, and apply this knowledge to “close the loop”. This vision needs to become action. It is a long road that we’re still following, together with our partners: clients, suppliers and consultants. We live more and more in an interconnected world, which however has multiples facets and specificities. There is not a unique answer, because it involves multiples subjects, markets, laws and regulations.

We’re working hard to make our production and processes even more sustainable, following our sustainability learning path. We want to inspire our partners to design and build sustainably and lead the way for our industry to become more socially conscious.

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Re-Thinking PMMA

We’re living in a time where our paradigms are being redefined: new creative models, industrial models, consumption models are aiming towards a circular vision of economy and lifestyle. The focus is on: the reduction in primary resources use, reduction of waste and development of the concept ‘’re-use’’. The search of materials that can be recycled without losing their technical characteristics is the focus for every company. In private life as well as in work activities, each has to answer a very important question: “What can I do for the world I live in?” For the last 10 years, Madreperla’s aim and challenge was to take steps to become more sustainable, both in our work environment, in our production process and products, and to re-think our business model.

The result of our efforts was Green Cast®, cast acrylic sheets produced 100% with recycled raw materials (R-MMA). PMMA, is a durable, noble plastic, well known for his transparency, for its ease of processing, for the multiple colors and finishes, for its resistance. In the context of a sustainable circular economy it most interesting characteristic is that it can be regenerated back to its original raw material, an organic solvent called MMA (Methyl Methacrylate). This process can be repeated countless times, and most importantly, without the end product (the sheets) losing its optical, mechanical and thermal characteristics.