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Reuse of resources such as plastic recycling Efforts are spreading among major trading companies
Among them, Toyota Tsusho, in cooperation with companies involved in waste treatment, started operation of a plastic recycling plant in Omaezaki City, Shizuoka Prefecture on the 11th of this month.Because it is difficult to separate plastics from automobiles and other products by material, they are incinerated. However, at the new plant, we have introduced technology that uses a special liquid to sort plastics of different materials. Assuming it's possible.
The factory receives approximately 40,000 tons of waste plastic annually and aims to produce approximately 32,000 tons of recycled plastic for raw materials such as automobile parts.
Mitsubishi Corporation is collaborating with a Taiwanese material manufacturer in the business of recycling the resin used in PET bottles, and will establish a new production line at the Thai factory by the end of this year.
Mitsui & Co., together with other companies, plans to build a new PET bottle recycling plant in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, and start operations from next fiscal year.
A study group established by the government is also considering strategies for realizing a circular economy, and it seems likely that such initiatives will spread further among companies.
Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20221019/k10013863301000.html
