The Power of Packaging
- Reduce
- Recycle
- Redesign
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- Reuse
Here are some product ideas for the year 2050 based on the "5R"
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Package preventing offensive odor in garbage can The used package itself has a function to prevent the propagation of bacteria causing offensive odor and to prevent offensive odor in the garbage can.
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Edible package that can be folded compactly and becomes emergency food Can be stored compactly as emergency food after the function of protecting goods.
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Used packaging used as fertilizer and raw material in food production Used packages are used as fertilizer for vegetables and fruits, and as feed for livestock and fisheries.
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Packages that can be kept fresh for a long time Combination of package and refrigerator. The refrigerator reads the information from the package and makes it suitable for storage.
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Packaging that does not require plastic, paper, iron, aluminum, or bottles To provide a packaging function by direct coating to food materials.
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A package that protects everything from growing vegetables to delivering them to consumers From the time of germination in the field, it is packed with film to protect vegetables from temperature and pests, and one package continues to protect vegetables until they are harvested, distributed, sold and finally used by consumers.
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Material recycling of plastic waste at home Using household plastic waste as a raw material, original design plastic products can be easily processed at home using a 3D printer.
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Customer robots and automated delivery drones that use 100% recycled plastic derived from lastic waste Recycled plastic is used in the body and parts of robots and drones. After breakage, it can be recycled again for the same use.
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Dissemination of recycling treatment stores With the digitalization and one-pass recycling of recycling facilities, small-scale recycling facilities are everywhere, such as convenience stores.
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Biodegradable packaging material that can be flushed into toilet and improve water quality Decomposition is accelerated in the pipe of the toilet, and after decomposition, it reacts with impurities in the water quality to improve the water quality.
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Packages made from food residues generated by companies Packaging is made from food residues generated at food manufacturers' production sites and at home.
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Package using plant leaves that can be replaced with plastic Genetically engineered leaves have been developed to completely replace the functionality of today's plastics.
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Reuse of plastic packages as household energy The home is fully equipped with heat utilization using plastic as fuel. Convert used plastic into hydrogen and reuse it as electricity for household use and fuel for automobiles.
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A balloon type package that wraps the product and delivers it to your home From the height difference in latitude and longitude of the home, the local area is used as an antenna, and the balloons will deliver the things purchased from EC.
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Wearable package absorbing greenhouse gases and emitting them into nitrogen and oxygen Human activities generate greenhouse gases, but clothing worn during activities absorbs them.
- Closed-Loop Recycling System for Polystyrene
- Material recycling of plastics
- PKS to be used as fuel(Indonesia) PKS to be used as fuel
- Open the way of future by (Kansei business project)
Closed-Loop Recycling System for Polystyrene
The properties of polystyrene mean that it can be easily converted back into its precursor, styrene monomer, using controlled thermal degradation, which makes it particularly suitable for the planned new recycling system. Because polystyrene made with chemically recycled styrene monomer delivers the same performance and safety levels as that made with petroleum-derived virgin raw material, there are no limits to potential applications.
With a view to establishing a collaborative relationship that includes the creation of a chemical recycling joint venture, DIC and FPCO also plan to introduce third-party technologies for converting polystyrene back into styrene monomer to facilitate the recycling of colored and/or patterned foamed polystyrene containers, which to date could not be transformed into new food containers, with the objective of achieving a closed-loop recycling system for all types of polystyrene products. Consideration is currently being given to the construction of a demonstration testing facility at DIC’s Yokkaichi Plant.
The new closed-loop recycling system, which employs chemical recycling, will make use of FPCO- method circular recycling. In addition, the application of this method will be expanded to allow the collection of used food containers via a network of 9,600 collection centers. Styrene monomer recycled by the DIC–FPCO joint venture from the colored and/or patterned containers will be transformed into polystyrene material by DIC, which will be used by FPCO to manufacture new food containers.
DIC and FPCO look forward to realizing this new system by leveraging diverse recycling technologies, as well as to contribute to the effective utilization of post-consumer plastics and the reduction of CO2 emissions over the life cycle of foamed polystyrene food containers.
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Material recycling of plastics
DIC Corporation is pleased to announce that they are selected by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) as "Material recycling process development" in their “Innovative Plastic Resource Recycling Process Technology Development Project “ fiscal 2020 and started its demonstration in August.
Prof. Shigeru Yao of the Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka University will lead this project, and 6 research institutes and 12 companies including DIC will jointly develop technology for material recycling to recycle waste plastics into materials with properties equivalent to new plastics and reuse them. This program is scheduled for 5 years (Fiscal 2020 to fiscal 6).
In this research project, DIC will participate in the “Material recycling process development” to conduct basic research on the effects of packaging materials such as inks and adhesives on plastic material-recycling characteristics. Furthermore, making use of this knowledge gained from this research, DIC will develop their products such as inks and adhesives which is less environmental impacts.
As part of their sustainability strategy, DIC Group has identified areas in which our company should address the issues of waste plastics and marine plastics, which are global social issues, and is strengthening its efforts in these areas. By participating in this research project, DIC will help solve the problem of plastic waste and contribute to the implementation of advanced recycling of plastics in society.
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PKS to be used as fuel
PT. DIC Graphics Karawang Plant is a main production site of pigments used for packaging inks, coatings, plastics etc. and consumes significant amount of energy for boilers and waters. The plant has primarily used coal, which is extremely economical (approximately 1/5 the cost of heavy oil and the 1/3 the cost of natural gas) and easy to source in Indonesia. However, Karawang Plant accounts for 10% of the DIC Group’s global CO2 emissions and considering the fact that production volume continues to expand, reducing energy consumption and finding low-carbon energy source is a critical challenge. To this end, the plant kicked off a CO2 emission reduction project and identified PKS as a low-carbon alternative to coal. Since Indonesia is the world’s second-largest producer of palm oil, PKS-which are left over after the extraction of oil- are easy to secure in large quantities. Japan imports PKS for use as fuel for coal-fired electric power plant and biomass boilers. Having determined that the calorie value of PKS, approximately 5,000kcal/kg, is comparable to that of coal used at the plant, in December 2016 the project team began conducting trials using a mixture of coal and pulverized PKS in various ratios and confirmed approximately 20% of the coal could be replaced with PKS with no impact on boiler operation or quality of fly ash, which is re-used for cement aggregate.
In January 2017, Karawang Plant began replacing approximately 10% of the coal with PKS. As a consequence, despite an increase of 1.3% in production volume, CO2 emissions were reduced by 8.5% compared to previous year. Since then, Karawang Plant is continuously working on to reduce CO2 by adjusting combustion adjustment.
Open the way of future by "Kansei business project"
One of our activities are participating in the "Brain Model Development Unit" which is a research team that aims for fusion of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, belonging to the "Consortium for Applied Brain Science (CAN)". This unit is led by 5 companies and 2 national research and development agency; DIC Corp., Asahi Quality & Innovations Ltd., Asahi Kasei Corp., NTT Data Corp., and NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting Inc., National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet).
In addition, "Kansei Material Project" is also in progress. This project aims to achieve high Kansei-valued materials for product manufacturers and converters by joint development with those companies. Our goal for this project is to establish a structure to share Kansei-value information and know-hows related to manufacturing products.
Through these activities and research developments, we plan to establish "DIC Kansei conversion system".