Promotion of recycling building material resources by upgrading the routine collection system

TAISEI CORPORATION NIPPON EXPRESS

By ensuring sorting and quantity control of scrap at the construction sites, integrated logistics management (collection, transshipment, and delivery management) based on 3PL (3rd Party Logistics) was made possible and efficient cooperative transportation between multiple construction sites and multiple receiving plants was realized.

Synthesizing Methanol from Carbon Dioxide Efficiently to Promote Carbon Circulation

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd. Shimane University

・Shimane University develops basic research into catalysts and reaction processes to increase reaction yield in the methanol synthesis using carbon dioxide as a raw material.

Recovery and Reuse of Auto Parts from End-of-Life Vehicles

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

When an automobile accident happens and its insurance company pay the claim in full amount of the automobile insurance, the ownership of the vehicle is transferred from the insurance policyholder to the insurance company. As a non-life insurance company, we acquire a large number of end-of-life vehicles nationwide as a result of automobile accidents. In order to reduce environmental impact, we have been making efforts to place the acquired end-of-life vehicles into recycling and reuse processes.

Collaboration using the world's first new dissolution and separation recycling technology for the complete recycling of polystyrene.

FP Corporation DIC Corporation

In November 2020, DIC and FPCO announced plans to collaborate in the practical implementation of a closed-loop recycling system for polystyrene that maximizes the technologies, as well as the collection and recycling systems, of both companies. In this initiative, colored foamed trays will be recycled into new trays just like conventional white trays using a new dissolution and separation recycling technology, enabling a "tray-to-tray" recycling. Additionally, this effort aims to realize the closed-loop recycling that uses chemical recycling technology to recycle polystyrene to styrene monomer, which is the raw material for polystyrene.

Circulation platform “De, owaresenai Project”

DENTSU INC. DENTSU PROMOTION PLUS INC. Lawson, Inc. Meiji Co., Ltd. Nakadai Holdings, Inc.

The aim of the project is to confirm and identify issues related to changes in student awareness and behaviour in collection and recycling, as well as the effects of sales promotions, by utilising the circular platform developed by the Dentsu Group for the social implementation of the circular economy.

Regarding the Use of Recycled Plastic

TOTO. LTD

As part of our initiative to promote the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in our products, we are actively utilizing recycled plastic. In Japan, we use over 100 tons of recycled plastic each month. The main application is in the tank part of toilets, where over 80% is comprised of recycled plastic. In addition, we are increasing the adoption of recycled plastic in other components such as washlets, system baths, and kitchens.

closed recycling system of label backing release liner" Resource Recycling Project"

Resource Recycling Project NEION Film Coatings Corp． TOYOBO CO., LTD. Shionogi Pharma Co., Ltd.

label backing release liner typically uses composite materials of paper and 　 resin, which　are generally difficult to recycle. As a result, they become a large amount of industrial waste and are incinerated. In this project, we replace these label backing release liner with release liner for recycling made from PET-based synthetic paper. After use, the release paper is collected as valuable materials and subjected to material recycling. By using the recycled material again as a raw material for release liner for recycling, we achieve Film-to-Film recycling. This will enable the social implementation of closed recycling system of label backing release liner.

Educative activities to promote closed-loop recycling of PET bottles in collaboration with companies and an industry association

Japan Soft Drink Association Japan Airport Terminal Co.,Ltd. Tokyo International Air Terminal Corporation

The collection of PET bottles can be broadly categorized into 'Households related route collection', where they are discharged from homes, and 'Business related route collection', where they are collected from offices, factories and next to vending machines. PET bottles collected from households are easily recycled by sorting them into three parts segregation recycling (caps, labels and bottles), while bottles collected by 'Business related route' are often contaminated with foreign particles and not sorted into three parts segregation.

Collaboration for Obsoleted Cosmetics into Building Materials

Tokyo Gas Real Estate Co., Ltd. NIHON L'ORÉAL K.K. Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd.

Who's Involved & Their Roles: L'Oréal Japan will supply obsolete cosmetics. Tokyo Gas Real Estate will incorporate these materials into their building projects.

" Paper Cup to Paper Cup" - Recycling of beverage paper cups

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Japan　Airlines Co.,Ltd. TOKAN　KOGYO　CO.,LTD.

This is the first project in Japan to recycle used beverage paper cups back into beverage paper cups. In order to reduce waste and increase recycling of paper resources, three companies in the supply chain collaborated to endeavor the horizontal recycling from paper cups to paper cups.

“Resource recycling of waste materials” <Printed materials that cannot be used as finished products (waste paper)>

KOTOBUKI SEIHAN PRINTING CO.,LTD

In the printing process, registration, color adjustments, and other steps generate printed materials that cannot be used as finished products (waste paper). Waste paper generated at our company is separated according to the type of material used, shredded to prevent customer information from being leaked, and then collected by recycling companies. After being recycled into raw materials at each recycling company, the waste paper is delivered to paper manufacturers, where it is regenerated as new products or as refuse derived fuel (RPF) for making products.

PS Recycle Technology

Sulzer Japan Limited

For pyrolysis of polystyrene, which Sulzer perform with its technology partner VTT, combining the strength of Finland’s strongest research organization with Sulzer’s existing SuRe™ styrene technology. Testing different polystyrene wastes including contaminations of polyethylene and polypropylene has been shown to achieve a 64% yield for styrene monomer. The quality of the monomer is suited to the production of polystyrene in all qualities, including for food packaging applications.