TBMand NAC, the home delivery water company "Cricla,"remanufacture used empty bottles into ballpoint pens through mechanical recycling

-Using Maar recycled material procurement to visualize traceability information in preparation for DPP compliance -

TBM Co., Ltd., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Nobuyoshi Yamasaki; hereinafter referred to as TBM) has teamed up with NAC Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hiroshi Yoshimura; hereinafter referred to as NAC) to collect and recycle empty bottles of "Curikura," a home delivery water service operated by NAC, and remanufacture them into ballpoint pens through mechanical recycling. The ballpoint pens produced this time are scheduled to be donated to educational support facilities in Japan and overseas.

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​Background

TBM has been involved in operating one of Japan's largest mechanical recycling plants, collecting plastics and selling recycled plastics through collaboration with over 100 recycling partners nationwide, planning products using recycled material "CirculeX," and selling recycled plastics overseas, primarily in Southeast Asia. recycled material matching business, which began in 2021, is currently generating annual trading volume of 34,000 tons.

NAC, which develops the safe, secure and delicious home delivery water "Curikura", has adopted "sustainable bottles" since the beginning of the business and has been working towards an environmentally friendly circular society by reusing instead of disposing of them. In addition, bottles and caps that are damaged during the reuse process are not discarded, but are remade into original rulers and my bottles.

■ Overview of the initiative

As NAC considers expanding its lineup of recycled material products, the company recognized TBM's track record in product planning using recycled material, including "CirculeX," as well as its material circulation initiatives, leading to the collaboration. TBM will collect and recycle empty bottles, and the ballpoint pens produced through mechanical recycling will be donated to educational support facilities both in Japan and overseas.

Furthermore, in this mechanical recycling initiative, TBM's procurement platform for recycled material and raw materials, "Maar recycled material Procurement," is equipped with traceability information and is equipped with a visualization function that conforms to DPP*. This visualizes recycled material content and traceability from raw materials to remanufacturing, thereby promoting environmental friendliness and circularity to consumers with an eye toward future DPP compliance.

Going forward, TBM and NAC will strengthen their collaboration to plan high-value-added recycled material products.

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■ Comments from the person in charge

Taro Anzai, General Manager, Product Department, NAC Corporation

"We have been working on reusing and recycling water bottles as part of our efforts to realize a sustainable society. This time, TBM, a company that is working to promote material circulation with high aspirations, responded quickly from proposing the plan to collecting and remanufacturing, which made it possible to recycle water bottles into ballpoint pens. We believe that turning something that would have been thrown away into a valuable item leads to consideration for the environment and contributions to a sustainable future. We hope to continue collaborating in the future so that this initiative can spread around the world and make our earth a more beautiful place."

　

・ Noriyasu Oshima, Maar Business Department material circulation business Headquarters TBM Co., Ltd.

"We are very pleased to be able to work with NAC on material circulation. This time, we helped them create valuable ballpoint pens from water server bottles that would have been thrown away. Containers that were once used are reborn in a different form. We will continue to work on valuable activities so that material circulation can become the norm, toward the realization of a sustainable society."