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Resource Recycling

Japan Pulp & Paper Group
Realizing a Circular Economy

“Efficient and reduced use of resources” is part of our Environmental Policy, and we designated “resource recycling” as a material issue. We are contributing to the creation of a resource recycling society by working to reduce waste and protect forest resources throughout society including through the wastepaper recycling, recycled paper manufacturing, and waste plastic recycling businesses.

Resource Recycling

Wastepaper Usage
(Consolidated paper manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan)

Industrial Waste Generated
(Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. and consolidated subsidiaries in Japan)

Wastepaper Recycling

Since our full-scale entry into the wastepaper recycling business in 1973, we have expanded operations throughout Japan and strengthened our ability to collect and ship wastepaper, starting with our entry into the U.S. in 1998 and later expansion into India. In Japan, we supply collected wastepaper to the group’s paper manufacturing businesses, where it is used to produce containerboard, printing paper, and household paper. This is a key feature of the Japan Pulp & Paper Group.

Waste Plastic Recycling

The recycling of waste plastic is a major social issue. Group company Eco-Port Kyushu works to efficiently recycle wastepaper, waste plastic, and waste wood through the combined use of thermal and material recycling.