TBM and Shimizu Corporation mechanical recycling waste plastic from construction sites and remanufacture traffic cones made from recycled material.

~Creating examples of collaboration through accelerator programs and promoting a circular economy originating from construction sites~

TBM Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Nobuyoshi Yamasaki; hereinafter referred to as TBM) is pleased to announce that it has collaborated with Shimizu Corporation (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuyuki Inoue; hereinafter referred to as Shimizu Corporation) to collect waste plastic from construction sites, mechanical recycling, and remanufacture traffic cones made from recycled material, with the aim of promoting a circular economy at construction sites.

■ Background

There is a strong demand for recycling waste materials, with the Plastic material circulation Promotion Act coming into effect in April 2022. However, in the recycling of waste plastic generated from construction sites, thermal recycling, in which waste is incinerated to recover thermal energy, is often undertaken, and mechanical recycling in which waste is recycled as a raw material for new products, has not progressed sufficiently.

TBM operates one of Japan's largest mechanical recycling plants, collects plastics through collaboration with over 250 recycling partners nationwide, sells recycled plastics, plans products using recycled material "CirculeX," and sells recycled plastics overseas, primarily in Southeast Asia. recycled material matching business, which began in 2021, has generated annual trading results of 34,000 tons in fiscal 2023.

■ Overview of the initiative

This initiative is a collaborative example that was made possible when TBM was selected as a participating company in Shimizu Corporation's 2022 accelerator program "SHIMZ NEXT."

（「SHIMZ NEXT」概要はこちら）https://www.shimz.co.jp/company/about/news-release/2023/2022071.html 第1弾として、清水建設が施工を手掛けた物流施設（神奈川県相模原市）の建設現場で使用された外壁保護フィルムの残材を回収して、TBMが運営するリサイクルプラント「横須賀サーキュラー工場」にて再資源化し、再生材由来のカラーコーンを製作しました。今回マテリアルリサイクルによって生まれた 500 個のカラーコーンは、完成した同施設の運営備品や清水建設の建設現場用の資材として使用されています。

Going forward, TBM will work with Shimizu Corporation to promote mechanical recycling of various plastic waste and work to foster a circular economy originating from construction sites.