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Project outline

Develop a circular economy for plastics while considering environmental sustainability at every stage of materials, manufacturing, collection, sorting and recycling.

R&D Themes & Research Structure

The themes are divided into sub-project A to C to develop circular economy system in cooperation with one another.

Sub-project A, B, C

Sub-project A:
Visualization of circular market, and digitalization and commonization to support CE market expansion

A1-01
Development of Plastic Networking for Environmental Transformation Japan for circular economy
A2-01
Requirement definition and rule formation for digital product passport in Japan
A2-02
Research on development and demonstration of matching tool for recycled plastics
A2-03
Action research on behavioral change of consumers for the construction of appropriate resource circulation systems for plastics
A3-01
Development of methods for assessing the impacts of the utilization of biomass resources on natural capital
A3-02
Development of environmental assessment method for plastic resource recycling system

Sub-project B:
Promotion of expanding resource circulation with cooperating CE industries

B1-01
Development on a construction waste plastic recycle process with a collaboration between recycler and manufacturer for the circular economy
B1-02
Development of bio/recycled plastics using defibrillated fiber from waste paper and clothes
B1-03
Building a data-driven advanced sorting system
B1-04
The production process development of the high-quality plastics resin from the recycling plastic-wastes
B2-01
Establishment of separation and supply system for collected plastics in cooperation with local governments

Sub-project C:
Platform development for improved circularity and visualization

C1-01
Development of environmental testing, diagnosis, and tracer technologies and digital analysis platform for industrial applications
C1-02
Development of a recycled plastics databank to improve the circularity
C1-03
Quality evaluation and development of automotive parts for the application of recycled materials to automotive interior and exterior parts
C1-04
Automotive parts evaluation and development for the recycled material use
C1-05
Utilization of recycled material databank and development of business model in the Southeast Asia