August 26, 2005—Sharp Corporation has developed a new technology to blend plant-based plastic that uses corn as the raw material, and waste plastic recovered from scrapped consumer electronics, according to the company.
Using a mix of plant-based plastic and waste plastic blended by means of this technology in consumer electronics can significantly reduce environmental impact compared to using common plastics derived from petroleum-based feedstocks.
In the future, Sharp will be conducting tests to assess commercial potential, with the goal of using blended plastic in Sharp products within fiscal 2006.
At present, raw materials used in consumer electronics rely almost entirely on fossil materials such as petroleum, but efforts to shift as much as possible to renewable resources (plant-based and recycled materials) are moving forward from the perspective of limiting emissions of greenhouse gases, with the aim of building a sustainable recycling-oriented society.
For more information, visit the Sharp Web site.
