ll polymethylmethacrylate (in abbreviated form PMMA) is a plastic material formed by polymers of methyl methacrylate, an ester of methacrylic acid.
The thermoplastic polymer was developed in 1928 in several European laboratories. In 1933 the German chemical company Röhm officially put it on the market under the name Plexiglas®, a designation that now identifies methacrylate. In 1936, however, the first acrylic sheet was produced by the English ICI Acrylics (today's Lucite International, one of the most important PMMA manufacturing companies in the world) called Perspex, from the Latin perspicio meaning "I see through".
Thanks to an excellent aesthetic and transparency degree, so much so that it can be assimilated to optical fibre, it is also widely used in the creation of interior design components and elements, plates and illuminated panels in the context of light design, lighting technology and backlighting.
Much appreciated for mechanical parts and technical items, pleases with its exceptional strength, lightness, flexibility.
Despite being a plastic material, this should not be misleading! There is plastic and plastic, just as there is metal and metal: gold and iron are two metals…..but very different!
Few are aware that polymethyl methacrylate is a very resistant material, not compromised by external agents and not subject to aging, therefore definitely not "disposable" but infinitely reusable. Precisely because it is totally recyclable, its disposal is very simple.
Plexiglas is also a non-toxic material
Plexiglas is a non-toxic classified material, that's why it is widely used in the health, food and also for newborns. The most common mistake is to associate it with plastic, but despite being a plastic material, they are two very different types of composition. Plexiglas is therefore not a polluter of the environment, on the contrary, it preserves it (unlike plastic).
It is a recyclable product (100%), non-toxic, odourless, hygienic, food-grade, antibacterial, hypoallergenic.
Features
The characteristics that make Plexiglas a good ally for the environment are its duration and composition. Thanks to the resistance and sturdiness, there will be minimal maintenance and little wear over time.
Thanks to its greatest peculiarity, which makes it 100% recyclable, Plexiglas can give life to new objects in a cyclical way.
Its simplicity in disposal allows us to reuse it infinitely with extreme adaptability, leaving a great margin of choice in the conformation of the new object that will come to life.
Plexiglas allows you to work and create new products also from waste which, subsequently, will then be included in the production, use and recycling cycle.
In all the "regeneration" phases, Plexiglas keeps its properties intact, thus acquiring the primacy as the most recyclable material with the highest degree of resistance and adaptability.