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PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (President & Chief Executive Officer, Daigo Iga; hereinafter “PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY”), a group company of JEPLAN, INC. (Representative Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer: Masaki Takao; hereinafter “JEPLAN”), together with Odawara city, Kanagawa Prefecture (Mayor: Kenichi Kato), Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Taichi Yoneme hereinafter “Asahi Soft Drinks”), and Far Eastern Ishizuka Green PET Corporation (President: Shinichi Yasuda; hereinafter “Far Eastern Ishizuka Green PET”), concluded an agreement on January 27 (Mon) for the horizontal recycling of PET bottles with the aim of promoting the recycling of PET bottles in Japan. We would also like to announce that a signing ceremony was held on the same day to mark the signing of the agreement.
With the conclusion of this agreement, the used PET bottles collected from households in Odawara City will be recycled using a combination of two methods: the “mechanical recycling (physical recycling method)*1” of Far Eastern Ishizuka Green PET and the “chemical recycling (chemical recycling method)*2” of PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY, to promote highly efficient recycling. Asahi Soft Drinks will promote recycling using these two methods, and by using recycled recycled PET raw materials in its own products, the four companies will work together to improve the recycling rate of PET bottles. This initiative will not only help to reduce the consumption of petroleum-derived resources such as PET, which is used as a raw material for PET bottles, but will also contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions generated during the manufacturing process.
Far East Ishizuka Green PET manufactures raw materials for PET bottles using mechanical recycling technology, which generates approximately 20% residues in the recycling process. Of that, 5-10% of the PET resource residue*3 is used for recycling into products other than mainly PET bottles. PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY uses proprietary PET chemical recycling technology to break down these PET resource residues to the molecular level and remove impurities, making it possible to recycle them back into raw materials for PET bottles. By combining these two recycling methods, the residuals generated in the mechanical recycling process can be utilized for chemical recycling, further improving the recycling rate compared to mechanical recycling alone.
The JEPLAN Group will continue to work together with domestic and overseas partners to realize its mission of "We circulate our world," and the entire group will strive to drive the circular economy forward.
*1 Method of recycling PET bottles by sorting, crushing, washing, and removing impurities under high temperature *2 A method to recycle PET bottles into raw materials of the same quality as petroleum-derived PET resin through a process of breaking down PET bottles to the molecular level, removing impurities, and polymerizing them. *3 Powdered form containing a large amount of PET, which can be recycled into recycled PET resin used as raw material for PET bottles by chemical recycling technology.
■ Conclusion Ceremony of "Agreement on Horizontal Recycling of PET Bottles“
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| (From left to right) Mr. Shinichi Yasuda, Representative Director & President, of Far Eastern Ishizuka Green PET Corporation; Mr. Masahiro Miura, General Manager of CSV Strategy Department, of Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. Mr. Kenichi Kato; Mayor of Odawara City; Daigo Iga, President & Chief Executive Officer, of PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
| ■ JEPLAN Group's initiatives for bottle-to-bottle recycling |
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| The JEPLAN Group is promoting initiatives related to bottle-to-bottle recycling in cooperation with various local governments throughout Japan. Our goal is to create a society in which objects that have fulfilled their roles no longer become garbage, but are recycled as valuable resources. |  |
■ Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (https://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/)
Mayor: Kenichi Kato
■ Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd. (https://www.asahiinryo.co.jp/index.psp.html)
President and Representative Director: Taichi Yoneme
■ Far Eastern Ishizuka Green PET Corporation (https://www.figp.co.jp/)
President and Representative Director : Shinichi Yasuda
【The original press release is in Japanese】
【JEPLANリリース】ペットリファインテクノロジーが、神奈川県小田原市、アサヒ飲料、遠東石塚グリーンペットとともに「ペットボトルの水平リサイクルに関する協定」を締結.PDF