Recycling Plastic Waste and Building a Circular System
First written in FY2021. 3 of 5 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022. Latest entry: FY2025.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「We also began collaborating on the recycling of mayonnaise bottles as part of the activities of the Clean Ocean Material Alliance, a cross-industry platform led through public-private collaboration with Kewpie Corporation to address the issue of marine plastic waste.」
Plastic waste reduction progressed to the technical verification of horizontal recycling for PE mayonnaise bottles through a cross-industry platform with Kewpie Corporation. - FY2024-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「・Plastic waste 2030: Zero」
For plastic waste, the company set out a target of zero by 2030, in addition to its existing initiatives to convert to recyclable materials and reduce use. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「For products including Hondashi® and Ajinomoto KK Consommé, the inner bags (small packets and sticks) have been changed to paper packaging. The individual packaging (pillow bags) has been converted to recyclable plastic packaging through the use of a monomaterial, while also reducing weight. These renewals will reduce plastic use, with an expected annual reduction of 29 tonnes from this revision.」
Plastic reduction was given concrete form through paper packaging, monomaterial packaging and weight reduction, and an expected annual reduction of 29 tonnes was disclosed. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「We had already been using some paper material in the stick packaging for Blendy® The Litrel and Blendy® <NatuM>, but successfully increased the proportion of paper further. This enabled the container and packaging recycling mark to be changed from the plastic mark to the paper mark, while reducing plastic use by 40% and achieving an annual reduction of 2 tonnes.」
Plastic waste reduction was given concrete form through the use of paper materials in packaging, separable caps and packaging reduction, achieving a 40% reduction in plastic use in product packaging and an annual reduction of 2 tonnes. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group uses approximately 70,000 tonnes of plastic annually. Of this amount, approximately 30,000 tonnes have already been converted to recyclable materials. Going forward, we will convert all plastic to recyclable materials and contribute to the implementation in society of recycling systems for collection, sorting and reprocessing.」
The company quantified annual plastic use at approximately 70,000 tonnes and the amount already converted to recyclable materials at approximately 30,000 tonnes, and identified full conversion and the implementation in society of collection, sorting and recycling systems as new priority initiatives.