December 13, 2021
Iwatani Corporation
Toyota Tsusho CorporationJGC Holdings Corporation“Study toward the development of a regional low carbon hydrogen model
based on waste plastic gasification recycling in urban areas”
selected by NEDO as a commissioned project— Targets the promotion of domestic hydrogen supply and plastic recycling
for decarbonization —A proposal titled “Study toward the development of a regional low carbon hydrogen model based on waste
plastic gasification recycling in urban areas” (“Study” hereinafter) by three companies—Iwatani Corporation(“Iwatani” hereinafter, President: Hiroshi Majima), Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho” hereinafter,President: Ichiro Kashitani), and JGC Holdings Corporation (“JGC Holdings” hereinafter, Chairman and CEO:Masayuki Sato)—has been selected for the Technology Development Project for Building a Hydrogen-based
Society/Technology Development for Hydrogen Utilization in the Community/Study of Potential for Hydrogen
Production and Utilization commissioned project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization (NEDO).
Recognizing the importance of supplying domestically sourced hydrogen to achieve the Japanese
government’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, this Study will consider the development of a supply chain ofhydrogen produced by waste plastic gasification. There are growing demands to recycle plastics, as reflectedby the passage of the Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics in June 2021 (new law). The
approach to chemical recycling by gasification to decompose plastics at the molecular level explored in thisStudy is expected to help raise recycling rates, thanks to its compatibility even with plastics comprising mixedmaterials or containing impurities that are typically ill-suited to material recycling*1 and monomer recovery bychemical recycling*2.
The proposed approach would rapidly establish a stable and low cost supply of low carbon hydrogen using
waste plastics discharged from factories, households, and other sources in urban areas. The Study seeks topromote the use of hydrogen in areas such as power plants, which face a pressing need to reduce CO2
emissions, various mobility services, and port facilities, and contribute to decarbonization and promotion ofresource recycling across a wide range of fields through hydrogen supply.

 Implementation period:

FY2021-2022

 Implementation structure:

Lead contractor: Iwatani CorporationContractors:
Toyota Tsusho CorporationJGC Holdings Corporation Main roles:

Iwatani:

Overall coordination, user research, study of transport
methods, supply chain model assessmentsp. 1

Toyota Tsusho:

Study of waste plastic recovery, user research, supply
chain model assessments

JGC Holdings:

Study of waste plastic recovery, study of hydrogenproduction through gasification of plastics, supply chain
model assessments

 Study specifics
Study of the potential for hydrogen production through gasification of waste plastics and models for community
utilization in Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures
 Study of potential for hydrogen production
 Study of potential for waste plastic recovery
 Study of potential for hydrogen production through gasification of plastics
 Study of potential for hydrogen utilization
 User research Study of transport methods
 Study of comprehensive systems for hydrogen utilization
 Supply chain model assessments<Supply chain model>
Collection ofwaste plastics

Hydrogen production by gasification
Low temperature
gasification
furnaceHigh temperature
gasification
furnace(600°C - 800°C)(1,300°C - 1,500°C)

Pipeline

OxygenWater
vapor

General wasteSynthesis gas

Power companies,
local companies, etc.

Wasteplastics

OxygenWatervapor
Industrial waste

Hydrogen
supply/use

Impurities

SlagScrubbing tower

Logistics Next-generation
facilities
fuel ships

Wastewater

Fuel celltrucks

Hydrogenstations

We aim for early commercialization based on Study results.
*1*2

Method for recycling waste plastics though processing such as melting and molding while maintaining theirmolecular structures
Method for recycling waste plastics by decomposing them into single molecular compounds (monomers),
then polymerizing monomers thus obtained after removing impurities and refining

p. 2Contact or Inquiries：JGC Holdings Corporation
Corporate Communication Group,Group Management Development Department
Akihiro Yamagami
TEL：+81-45-682-8026
E-mail：yamagami.akihiro@jgc.com

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