The green question – Covid-19: what are we going to do with all that plexiglass?

But what is Plexiglas actually? Polymethyl methacrylate, in other words a very specific kind of plastic. These protective screens are made up of two polymers that include several resins with different properties, which are sometimes difficult to identify or separate, and therefore complicated to recycle. The day when these huge panels will no longer be necessary, it is therefore tons of plastic that will end up in the environment if solutions are not found.