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According to Sinochem News, on December 16, NextChem, a subsidiary of the Italian Maire Group, announced that it has been commissioned by MMA producer Rohm & Haas to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a chemical recycling plant for waste polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in Worms, Germany. This research will be carried out by MyRemono, a company under NextChem, with the plan to build a facility capable of processing 5,000 tons of PMMA waste per year, which will be fully integrated into Rohm’s existing production sites. The project plans to use NextChem’s proprietary NXRe depolymerization technology, which is said to be able to reduce the carbon footprint of methyl methacrylate and its main derivative PMMA by over 90% compared to traditional methods, converting pre-consumption and post-consumption PMMA waste into recycled MMA. Rom and NextChem established a partnership in 2024 with the aim of enhancing the recycling of PMMA in Europe. Rom aims to eliminate the incineration and landfilling of its PMMA-related production waste through recycling by 2030. Currently, MyRemono is building an industrial-scale PMMA chemical recycling plant in Italy with a capacity of 5,000 tons per year, with completion scheduled for 2026. Under the agreement signed in December 2024, Rom has agreed to purchase recycled MMA produced at that Italian factory for use in manufacturing recycled PMMA products.