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Research and Development (FY2023-FY2025)

To establish a circular economy system, the key areas that need to be addressed were identified and organized into three sub-project. Sub-project A theme is Data Infrastructure Systems and Rule-Making, Sub-project B theme is Recycled Raw Material Supply Systems and Sub-project C theme is Development of Recycled Material Utilization Technologies.

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
NEC Corporation　(Principal organization)
A2-01 Requirement definition and rule formation for digital product passport in Japan (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)
A2-02 Research on development and demonstration of matching tool for recycled plastics (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)
A2-03 Action research on behavioral change of consumers for the construction of appropriate resource circulation systems for plastics (Research institute for Humanity and Nature)
A3-01 Development of methods for assessing the impacts of the utilization of biomass resources on natural capital (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
A3-02 Development of environmental assessment method for plastic resource recycling system (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

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 (Tohoku University)
B1-02 Development of bio/recycled plastics using defibrillated fiber from waste paper and clothes (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
B1-03 Building a data-driven advanced sorting system (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
B1-04 The production process development of the high-quality plastics resin from the recycling plastic-wastes (Toyama Kankyo Seibi Co., Ltd.)
B2-01 Establishment of separation and supply system for collected plastics in cooperation with local governments
AMITA Holdings Co., LTD. (Principal organization)

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
National Institute for Materials Science (Principal organization)
C1-02 Development of a recycled plastics databank to improve the circularity
Tohoku University (Principal organization)
C1-03 Quality evaluation and development of automotive parts for the application of recycled materials to automotive interior and exterior parts (Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.)
C1-04 Automotive parts evaluation and development for the recycled material use (Toyota Bosyoku Corporation)
C1-05 Utilization of recycled material databank and development of business model in the Southeast Asia (NAGASE & CO., LTD.)
C1-06 Performance and Quality Evaluation of Recycled Materials for Automotive Parts (DaikyoNishikawa Corporation)
C1-07 Feasibility Study on the Suitability of Recycled Materials Derived from Industrial Waste for Automotive Exterior Parts. (Sakae Riken Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
C1-08 Utilizing recycled materials in vehicle exterior plastic parts (UNIPRES Corporation）
C1-09 Quality Evaluation for Application of Recycled Materials to Automotive Parts and Development of Automotive Parts (Moriroku Co., Ltd.)
C1-10 Pilot project for applying recycled packaging-derived resin to home appliances (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)

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