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Sorting Aluminum Scrap by Alloy Type for Closed-Loop Recycling: TRE Group, Nippon Light Metal, and Mizuho Bank Selected for Ministry of the Environment Demonstration Project
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High Public Interest in Waste Issues, but Only 13.4% Understand the Term “Circular Economy”: Cabinet Office Releases Preliminary Survey Results
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CLAS and Panasonic Launch Trade-In Pilot for Refrigerators and Hair Dryers to Test Infrastructure and Economics of Appliance Replacement
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Panasonic to Launch Pilot Collection of Used Air Conditioners in Vietnam and the Philippines, Testing Recycled Material Use with Retail Partners
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DIC and Toyo Ink Standardize Flexible Packaging Recycling Evaluation Across the Industry: Common Protocol Established for Deinking and Delamination Assessment
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METI and the Ministry of the Environment Publish Evaluation Report on Small Appliance Recycling System; “Reverse-Payment” Transactions Still Exceed Half
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Kubota to sort food waste and plastics from combustible waste for full material recovery; exploring regional models in Yokohama City and Tokushima Prefecture
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NTT DATA and CMP Consortium Launch Platform for Sharing Product Chemical Content Information Across Supply Chains
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Nippon Paper Reuses Used Beverage Cartons as Raw Material for New Cartons, Creating a Closed-Loop Recycling Prototype Through Integrated Production
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Kawasaki City’s Used Plastic Recycling Route Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification Across the Entire Supply Chain—First in Japan for Multiple Operators to Obtain It Jointly
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NEC Launches Demonstration Project in Hiroshima on Data Collaboration Across the Value Chain and Recycling Industry for Recycled Plastics, Supporting Traceability via “PLA-NETJ” Information Platform
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Kyocera to Build New Smelting Facility in Japan to Recover Tungsten from Used Cutting Tools, Operations Set to Begin in Fiscal 2030
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Shimizu Corporation and Two Other Firms Achieve Material Recovery of About 560 Tons of Ceiling Panels at Demolition Site—Japan’s First Use of Wide-Area Certification Scheme
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The Ministry of the Environment Selects Two Demonstration Projects for Plastic Resource Circulation: Bioethanol-Derived Feedstock and Closed-Loop Recycling of Electrical Materials
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Toray develops solvent-based recycling technology for PPS plastic used in automotive parts and more, aiming for sales with virgin-equivalent quality by around 2030
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Idemitsu Kosan produces naphtha from oil derived from used plastics, completing an in-house supply chain from sourcing to refining
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Ricoh and Etria to Build Latest Multifunction Printers from Collected Product Parts at Locations Near Consumers, Cutting Virgin Resource Use to as Low as About 21%
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Nitori to Dismantle and Sort Collected Furniture In-House, Targeting Over 10,000 Tons of Material Recovery Annually at New Recycling Center Opening in Saitama Prefecture in Fiscal 2028
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Ministry of the Environment publishes survey on municipal handling of lithium-ion batteries; FY2025 fire incidents hit record high
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Minister’s Award for School Bread Sales to Citizens and Food Rescue Efforts: Winners of the “Food Loss Reduction Promotion Awards” Announced
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Goldwin Launches Circular Project “Circular Action,” Introducing Digital Product Passports
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MLIT Unveils Logo Mark for “Blue Carbon,” Marine CO₂ Absorption, Including a Dedicated Design for J-Blue Credits
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DOWA Launches New Brand “KUROCONEX” for Recycled Metals and Related Products, Covering Products and Services Verified Through Third-Party Certification
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Obayashi Turns Wooden Formwork from Construction Sites into Biochar for Concrete, Cutting 19.3 Tonnes of CO2 on Test Building Exterior Walls
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What Makes “Nudges” Work? Japan’s Ministry of the Environment Publishes Nine Years of Evidence from 45 Pilot Projects
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Cosmo Oil and Three Other Companies Begin Using Waste-Cooking-Oil-Derived Naphtha from SAF Production at Sakai Refinery as Chemical Feedstock
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The Japan Steel Works and Kirin Succeed in Demonstrating Alkaline Depolymerization Technology That Breaks Down Over 95% of PET, Gaining Insights for Mass Production
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Hitachi Develops AI-Based Quality Assessment and Degradation Diagnosis for Recycled Plastics, Targeting Cross-Industry Use of Recycled Materials under Cabinet Office SIP Program
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