Dow-Toppan Circular Economy Project for International Sports Competitions

TOPPAN INC. Dow Chemical Japan Limited

The two companies signed an MOU for a long-term strategic partnership for the Tokyo 2020 Games, which increased opportunities for new business development.

Quality Control of Recycled Plastic

Veolia Japan K.K.

One of the issues which has been raised in plastic recycling business for some time is that the quality of recycled material does not meet the standard defined by clients.

Development of plant-derived foam sheet food containers

Iwatani Corporation RICOH Company, Ltd.

Consideration of using polylactic acid foam sheet developed by Ricoh for food containers.

Monomaterial barrier packaging

TOPPAN INC.

As the issue of plastic waste attracts increasing attention, demand is growing for eco-friendly packaging materials and many global enterprises are setting recycling targets for high-quality resource circulation of plastic packaging.

Design, development, manufacturing and sales of bio-engineering plastic "DURABIO" which is bio-based polycarbonate resin derived mainly from plant-based raw materials

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

DURABIO™ is a bio-based polycarbonate resin whose main raw material is plant-derived isosorbide. It features excellent performance, offering higher resistance to impact, heat, and weather than conventional engineering plastics.

Development and demonstration project of new biomass and biodegradable plastic films for agriculture

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization: Evaluation of biodegradability and collection of basic information for stable production of enzymes

Value networks creation between organizations for circular economy

Circular Economy Association

We aim to establish the support system on value network creation for circular economy between organizations in accordance with the following approaches.

Eco-friendly package "Biomass ECO Cup"

NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

In April 2020, the NISSIN FOODS Group has formulated Earth Food Challenge 2030 environmental strategy. There are two pillars of this strategy.

Collection and recycling of bumpers replaced for repair

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Kojima Sangyo Co., Ltd. Toyota Tsusho Corporation

Toyota has collaborated with related companies to collect bumpers that were repaired or replaced due to accidents or other incidents and recycle them for reuse as resources.

Low-temperature Embrittlement Technology for Difficult-to-process Waste Plastic

TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION

The technology that is focused on is the one that makes it possible to use the plastic part of shredder dust (shredding residue) from waste automobiles and home appliances as an alternative to fossil energy in the form of powder for burners, and to recover the metal and precious metal parts in a highly efficient manner.

Materials Recovery Partnership Initiative

TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION

The concept of "resource complexes" seeks to take advantage of the fact that different materials industries have different preference materials (materials needed for products) and repellents (materials that are unnecessary or cause problems in products and processes), and to work toward the mutual exchange of preference materials and repellents among materials industries.

The “Mata Aeru (Let’s meet again) Bottle Project” to Promote Horizontal Recycling of PET Bottles

Suntory Holdings Limited

In 2011, Suntory Group became the first in the Japanese soft drink industry to establish a bottle-to-bottle mechanical recycling system*1 for PET bottles (produce), and the following year, in 2012, to introduce PET bottles made of 100% recycled materials (implement). Since then, we have promoted technological innovation over the years,