Sojitz Corporation

Reuse & Recycling of IT Assets

Sojitz Corporation TES-AMM JAPAN K.K.

Environmental sustainability and data security have taken on greater importance as the increasing number of aged IT equipment in circulation raises the environmental burden and risk of data leaks.

Chemical Recycling Business

Sojitz Corporation PET Refine Technology, Co., Ltd. JEPLAN, Inc.

Using its proprietary chemical recycling technology BRING™, JEPLAN and its subsidiary PRT are able to selectively extract the intermediate BHET (Bis(2-Hydroxyethyl) terephthalate) from PET, the material used to make PET bottles and polyester fabric.

Trial for Circular Renewables Platform Providing an Effective System to Match Supply and Demand for Plastics and other Recyclable Resources to Promote a Circular Economy

Sojitz Corporation Recotech Co., Ltd. Nissho Electronics Corporation NTT Communications Corporation

This platform will combine the circular renewables platform developed by Recotech, Material Pool System, with NTT Com’s Smart Data Platform to help participating businesses visualize type, volume, and location of waste generated in real time and accumulate waste data.

Study of Non-food Biomass Plastic Production from Pulp in Japan

Sojitz Corporation Oji Holdings Corporation

Sojitz Pla-net Corporation, a Sojitz subsidiary, will begin development of biomass plastics (polylactic acid and polyethylene) together with Oji Holdings Corporation, a project subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment to reduce CO2 emissions as part of its efforts to build a system to support recyclable plastics.