Expansion of Collection Scale for Automotive Resin Recycling Demonstration Project

「In July 2025, the company completed the acquisition of all shares of U.S.-based Radius Recycling, Inc. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. By combining Radius Recycling, Inc.’s strengths with the company’s long-cultivated recycling capabilities, recycling technologies, quality control and closed-loop development, the company aims to create synergies primarily in 3 areas: metal scrap, ELV (end-of-life vehicles) and automotive batteries, thereby further expanding its circular resource business.」

「In July 2025, through Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., the company completed the acquisition of all shares of U.S.-based Radius Recycling, Inc. under a merger agreement and made Radius Recycling, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary. Radius Recycling, Inc. has more than 100 recycled-material collection sites in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as an electric arc furnace in Oregon.」

「㈱プラニック brought its Omaezaki Plant, one of the largest of its kind in Japan, fully online in 2022. The plant was the first in Japan to introduce advanced plastic sorting technology commercialized in Europe and produces high-quality recycled plastic using used plastic from end-of-life vehicles and other sources that had not previously been effectively reused.」

「To expand the horizontal recycling of aluminum sashes, 豊通ソーテック㈱ is constructing a new plant in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, with production scheduled to begin in August 2025. The plant will use aluminum sash scrap collected from the market as raw material, removing screws and other contaminants through shredding and sorting before processing it into recycled aluminum feedstock.」

「To further establish recycling technology for used automotive batteries, 豊田ケミカルエンジニアリング㈱ began operating a pilot line for “non-incineration battery recycling” in autumn 2023 as a joint project with TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION.」

「As part of the “PATCHWORKS™” project promoting the circular economy in textiles and fashion, we jointly developed “燃やさない保険” with 三井住友海上火災保険㈱ for apparel companies and began selling it in October 2023. When clothing is damaged, this insurance covers the additional costs borne by businesses to circulate clothing that would previously have been incinerated and discarded. We will play a role in returning clothing to fiber raw materials and contribute to the realization of a circular economy.」

「To expand closed-loop recycling of aluminum sashes, 豊通マテリアル㈱ and ㈱三光埼玉 established 豊通ソーテック㈱, a company engaged in sorting and processing aluminum sash scrap, in October 2023. We will contribute to the realization of a circular economy and carbon neutrality through the supply of high-quality recycled aluminum raw materials.」

「To enter the recycling business for discarded fishing nets, a major source of marine plastic pollution, we began test collection of discarded fishing nets in July 2023 in the Sotobo area of Chiba Prefecture in collaboration with fishing industry participants and others. Fishing nets in Japan are generally treated as industrial waste, but drawing on the expertise of U.S.-based Bureo Inc., in which we hold an investment, we aim to expand the discarded fishing net collection scheme, achieve nylon-to-nylon textile recycling, and establish a procurement system capable of stably supplying 100% recycled nylon materials made from discarded fishing nets.」

「In April 2023, we launched “PATCHWORKS™,” a project promoting the circular economy in the textile and fashion fields, with the aim of creating opportunities and a future in which all discarded clothing can be remade as clothing by 2050. We will first establish fiber-to-fiber recycling by collecting and recycling used clothing made from polyester, cotton, nylon and other materials, and will work with partner companies to develop fiber materials and products that are easier to recycle, among other efforts to build a circular economy system.」

「In October 2022, 豊通ペットリサイクルシステムズ株式会社 began full-scale operations at its plant in Shiga Prefecture to enable closed-loop recycling of PET bottles. In the same month, プラニック株式会社, in which we hold an investment, began full-scale operations at its Omaezaki plant in Shizuoka Prefecture to achieve Car to Car recycling.」

「We will actively promote businesses that contribute to the circular economy and aim to become a world-leading “circular economy provider.”」

「To contribute to carbon neutrality, we worked with ユニバーサル製缶株式会社 to establish Japan’s first closed-loop recycling system for environmentally friendly aluminum cups, covering their introduction, collection and reuse.」

「Under our “Circular Value Chain Business Strategy,” we will contribute to the realization of a circular economy and a circular society by making effective use of limited natural resources, focusing on the collection and dismantling of vehicles, the recycling of materials and parts, and resource circulation businesses involving household materials, waste and waste plastics beyond the automotive sector.」

「In August 2020, we invested in JEMS株式会社 to utilize IT technology in the circular value chain business. We will continue collaborating with the company to optimize supply chains and support overseas expansion for the collection, processing and recycling of used products.」

「In August 2020, we invested in JEMS株式会社, which provides IT solutions and information management services to optimize resource circulation, and will support supply chain optimization and overseas expansion for the collection, processing and recycling of used products. In July 2020, we established 豊通ペットリサイクルシステムズ株式会社 to recycle discarded PET bottles and are preparing for operations to begin in 2022, with the aim of contributing to the realization of a circular society.」

「Under our “Circular Value Chain Business Strategy,” we will contribute to the realization of a circular society by turning waste into resources, including through the collection and recycling of automotive scrap and other materials, the manufacture of recycled plastics from used products, and the reuse of used vehicles and parts, in order to make effective use of limited resources on a global scale.」

「In 2017, we were commissioned to conduct an automotive plastics recycling demonstration project aimed at promoting the use of recycled plastics, and in August 2018 launched the second year of the project with expanded collection volumes.」