Realizing Resource Recycling

• Major Initiatives
• Performance Data

• [1]
  Promote innovations that contribute to resource recycling
• [2]
  Expand the use of non-fossil fuel-based materials and recycled materials in our business operations
• [3]
  Maximize resource recovery during the entire product life cycle

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Road Map for Long-term Goal Achievement

• 1.
  Employee education
  In both the products we produce and our manufacturing processes, we must correctly recognize these issues, and develop human resources who are capable of finding a resolution. To this end, we engage in employee education while promoting environmental and social contribution activities.
• 2.
  2Contributing to the transformation of society
  To ensure the proper use of plastic, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group recognizes the importance of building social systems while promoting a shift in the awareness of each individual employee and undertaking education and training. The Group is therefore engaged in various collaborations between industry, government, and academia.
  For example, in regard to the issue of marine plastics, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group participates in the Clean Ocean Materials Alliance (CLOMA), a collaboration initiative between companies organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. For a fundamental solution, we are working on the common issues necessary for the social implementation of resource recycling schemes with the aim of realizing a circular economy.
• 3.
  Creating and expanding the use of products, technologies, and services that contribute to the realization of a recycling-based society and a circular economy
  SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has developed a technology to convert combustible waste into gas and then convert that gas to ethanol, which is the raw material for plastics, by means of a microbial catalyst. Currently, a one-tenth commercial scale (processing capacity of approximately 20 tons/day) demonstration plant has been constructed in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, and has been in operation since this spring, for practical application of the technology in the future.
• 4.
  Promotion of recycling back into materials
  With regard to the waste generated by its production businesses, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has been exchanging manifests with waste contractors, and disposal has been undertaken in a proper manner. Going forward, we will continue to endeavor to improve the rate of recycling back into materials after having undertaken proper treatment.。

• Boxes that can be used multiple times to ship materials, parts, and products between locations.

• <Building & Civil Engineering>
  Products that use recycled plastic as a raw material
  

  • Example)
    Products that enable the temporary storage of rainwater during periods of torrential rain (rainwater storage material Cross-Wave)
    Pipes with foamed cores made from recycled materials (3-layer pipe)
• <Mobility>
  Buy-back system to take back edge trim from customers for reuse as raw materials (SEKISUI KYDEX product)

• Organizer・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of the Environment, and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Significance/objectives・・・
  To solve the issue of marine plastic waste, which is a global environmental issue
• Activities・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
  Aiming for the more sustainable use of plastic products, and the development, introduction and popularization of innovative substitutes that will lead to a reduction of plastic waste
• Our Company’s role・・・・・・
  The Company holds the chairmanship of Working Group 3 (WG3), one of five key action working groups that promote activities aimed at plastic recycling through corporate collaboration. As such, the working group has as its themes the technological establishment and social implementation of chemical recycling as well as the promotion of activities to select and clear issues in the promotion of related companies

• Organizer・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
  Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Keidanren Committee
• Significance/objectives・・・
  Aiming to further foster understanding and promote efforts by a wide range of parties responsible, including domestic companies, as the trend toward a circular economy accelerates on a worldwide basis.
• Activities・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
  Introduction of case studies through case study brochures, dissemination of information for the general public, and support for inter-company collaboration
• Our Company’s role・・・・・・
  To accelerate the creation of new cyclical businesses and social implementation by disseminating case studies and providing feedback on in-house technologies and measures by assessing the latest information

• Significance/objectives・・・
  Regarding everything as a resource, creating a society around things, information and feelings by relationship design.
• Activities・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
  Engage in 1) The optimal circulation of resources in Japan, and 2) The creation of businesses that contribute to the realization of the sustainable society
• Our Company’s role・・・・・・
  To contribute to the realization of a circular economy by disseminating case studies and providing technical cooperation as a member of a consortium of companies

• Note 1:
  Some past figures have been revised due to improvements in calculation precision.
• Note 2:
  From fiscal 2019, results from the medical business are collated and presented with Corporate Headquarters results following its separation from the HPP Company.

Production Site Waste Generation and Disposal / Japan and Overseas

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Fiscal 2021 Annual Production Site Waste Generation and Disposal / Japan and Overseas

Note: Change over previous year is in ( ) and proportion of total waste generation is in [ ].

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Amount of Hazardous Waste Generated/ Recycling rate (Japan and Overseas) Fiscal 2021

Index	Calculation Method
Amount of Hazardous Waste Generated and Recycling Rate	Recycling rate = Recycled waste / Amount of hazardous waste generated Hazardous substance: Oil waste, acidic waste, alkaline waste Recycling: Material recycling

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Amount of Waste Generated on Construction Sites of New Housing (per Building) / Japan

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Amount of Copy Paper Used at Offices per Person (Index)