In 1996, with the enforcement of the "Act on Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging" (commonly known as the "Container and Packaging Recycling Law"), the recycling of container and packaging waste, including PET bottles, began to be promoted nationwide. Among such waste, PET bottles have a particularly high recycling rate and are regarded as one of the materials that symbolize Japan's environmental policies.

Since our Saitama Head Office Factory was certified as a designated PET bottle recycling plant by the Container and Packaging Recycling Association, we have been engaged in the PET bottle recycling business. We have strived to effectively utilize resources by sorting and cleaning the collected bottles, processing them into flakes, and selling them as raw materials to manufacturers.

Currently, the PET recycling business at our Saitama Head Office Factory has been terminated. However, after reviewing our system, we continue our PET bottle recycling activities by supplying raw materials to reliable PET bottle recyclers.

Meanwhile, we have installed automatic PET bottle collection machines in Annaka City and are working to provide citizen services in collaboration with the city.

In 1996, the "Container and Packaging Recycling Law" (officially known as the "Act on Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging") was enacted as a law to promote the recycling of container and packaging waste. The targets include glass, paper containers and packaging, PET bottles, and other plastic containers and packaging.

Since 2011, all four of our factories have been certified as recycling business operators by the Japan Container and Packaging Recycling Association, and we have been engaged in recycling business as a user of recycled products.

Leveraging our compounding technology and application development capabilities accumulated over many years, we are engaged in a business that replaces plastic products made from virgin materials with recycled materials. In this field as well, we adhere to our corporate philosophy of prioritizing "closed-loop recycling" and "horizontal recycling."

Ecomaterial is also cooperating with local governments to comply with the "Plastic Resource Circulation Promotion Act" enforced in April 2022. In the demonstration test, we have established a process in which we accept product plastics collected and sorted by the administrative authorities, crush, sort, and clean them using our equipment, and then recycle them into pellets by type of resin.

Through this demonstration, a mechanism to utilize plastic products discharged in local communities as new resources has become a reality, marking a step toward the formation of a sustainable circular society.
 To this day, we continue to build mechanisms that support regulatory compliance and resource circulation by leveraging these achievements and collaborating with local governments, companies, and communities.