Circular Economy

Circular Economy
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The circular economy is an economic system that recycles waste that was conventionally discarded, creating a new resource.
Toyota Tsusho will actively promote businesses that contribute to the circular economy and will aim to become the world’s leading circular economy provider, in order to achieve carbon neutrality.

Contribute to the development of a recycling-based society by transforming waste into manufacturing resources

Transforming waste into resources

Natural resources are not limitless. We must reduce our impact on the environment by efficiently using and reusing these resources. As a trading company involved in manufacturing, the Toyota Tsusho Group considers it a vital mission to consider the global environment and secure and stably provide resources. To effectively use these limited resources, we will develop recycling businesses including recovery and processing of recyclable resources from scrap generated from ELVs, in cities, and at plants. We will secure resources through urban mining, and turn waste into resources, for example, by reusing used vehicles and parts, thereby contributing to the development of a recycling-based society.

Toyota Tsusho Key Sustainability Issues's Key Performance Indicator

Quantitative KPIs

Volumes handled in the resource recycling business
Results for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2021
6,170,000 tons
(up 80,000 tons YoY)
Target for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2023
(Established in the previous fiscal year)
7,700,000 tons
Target for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2024
(Established in the current term)
8,890,000 tons
Plastic recycling volume
PLANIC Co., Ltd.
(scheduled to commence operations in 2022)
Target for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 (Established in the previous fiscal year)
Equivalent to 800,000 vehicles
Equivalent to 2 billion PET bottles
Toyotsu PET Recycling Systems Co., Ltd.
(scheduled to commence operations in 2022)
Target for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 (Established in the previous fiscal year)
Equivalent to 800,000 vehicles
Equivalent to 2 billion PET bottles

Qualitative KPIs

Measures for the development of a recycling-based society
  • Develop environment-conscious materials (recycling of airbag scraps)
  • Effectively use internally generated heat (hot water) from the adjacent Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. plant to operate a paprika farm
  • Conduct business that contributes to the recycling of end-of-life batteries (the "3Rs" [rebuild, reuse, recycle] business for batteries)

Toyota Tsusho Information Related to Circular Economy

Circular Economy-related Press Release

Projects that Contribute to a Circular Economy

Circular Economy-related Website Content

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