Obtaining and Utilizing the Accreditation for the Recycling Business Plan (the Second Accreditation) in the Low Concerning the Promotion of Resource Recycling of Plastics (the Plastic Resource Circulation Act)
[Company / organization] MIECYUOKAIHATSU COMPANY, LIMITED（DAIEI KANKYO GROUP) DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY COMPANY, LIMITED MAHO COLD-FOODS COMPANY, LIMITED THE PILOT INK COMPANY, LIMITED
Members, their roles, and reason for cooperation
Key members involved in obtaining the accreditation:Two other companies (Generators of plastic-containing product waste, etc.), Daiei Kankyo Co., Ltd. (Recycler)
Time started
April 19, 2023 (Obtaining the accreditation)
Explanation for technology and business model
We aim to return waste plastics to society by recycling pellets made of waste plastics (material recycling) that were previously treated by incineration and thermal recycling, to pallets and other recycled products.
【Producing pellets from optical sorting and crushing to washing, and manufacturing recycled pallets】
Focusing on the circular economy in collaboration with multiple waste generators, the visualization of our impact on the environment and the usefullness of the so-called artery-vein collaboration are shown to the whole society.
Acheivements and goals
Within the scope of the second accreditation under Article 48 of the Plastic Resource Circulation Act: 512 tons (5 companies)
*Only Mie Chuo Kaihatsu Co., Ltd.uses the result of FY2023.
・Promote the advancement of resource recycling by expanding collaboration with waste generators and increasing the type of waste we can handle, therefore enhansing the plastic resource circulation
・Promote the use of recycled pellets (Expand the market share)
・Expand participation in the Recycling Business Plan certified under Article 33 of the Plastic Resource Circulation Act in cooperation with municipalities
In the future, we would like to try the resource circulation by shipping product pellets to the supply chain of waste generators and transform them into new products.
In addition to material recycling (MR), we are also considering introducing chemical recycling (CR), and we will continue to take on further challenges toward a decarbonized and circular economy.
Reference URL
Ministry of the Environment
https://www.env.go.jp/press/press_01249.html
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
https://www.meti.go.jp/press/2023/04/20230419001/20230419001.html