CSR ReportEditorial Policy

REMATEC Corporation aims to develop technologies andbusiness models that will spur a paradigm shift,
to realize a sustainable social system beyond the ﬁeldof waste recycling.

Fourteen years have already passed since
REMATEC issued its ﬁrst environmental report in 2000.
This year’s CSR report “REMATEC 2013” highlights
three “returns” to express REMATEC’s activities of“Creating innovation that tackles social challenges inthe environmental field.” These three “returns” are“Return to resources,” “Return to nature” and “Return
to society.”
A special section “Locus of Support for Reconstruction from Great East Japan Earthquake” reports theactivities of REMATEC in these three years, wishing toconvey to our stakeholders REMATEC’s activities in
the past three years for treatment of the waste anddebris left in the aftermath of the Great East Japan
Earthquake, rallying project planning skills, operationengineering and accumulated technology of theCompany.
Your perusal of this report and understanding of
our CSR activities is solicited.

Overview of Report
Report Period
April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013

CONTENTS
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Editorial Policy
Top Message
REMATEC’s CSR

Feature7“Locus of Support for Reconstruction
from Great East Japan Earthquake”

Business Activities
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Three “Returns”
1. Returning to Resources

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RF BusinessTechnology Development
2. Returning to Nature

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Project to Restore Illegal Dumping
Sites to their Original Condition
3. Returning to Society

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Thai Project
SILES Project* Some activities before March 2012 and after April 2013 are also reported.

Organizations Mentioned in This Report
REMATEC Corporation, RTT Corporation, REMATEC Clean
Corporation and REMATEC Tohoku Corporation
Report Issued
December 2013
Information DisclosureThis report contains the CSR activities of REMATEC.
The website of REMATEC updates details of projects
and daily activities in real time. Please visit our website
for more information.
http://www.rematec.co.jp
Guidelines for Reference Purposes
GRI“Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Ver. 3.1”
Environment Ministry“Environmental Report Guidelines 2012”“Guidelines for Development of Regional Promotion
Program for Anti-Global Warming Measures”
For more information on this report, please contact:
CSR Report Secretariat, REMATEC Corporation
7th Floor, Honmachi Heisei Building, 1-2-12 Itachibori,
Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0012 JAPAN
Email: report@rematec.co.jp

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Environmental Activities
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Environmental Management System
Environmental Load Reduction Activities

Safety Activities
Occupational Safety and
Health Management System

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Financial and Personnel
Activities
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Developing Human Resources
Supporting Next Generation
Financial Data / Personnel Data

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Communication with
Stakeholders
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Contribution to Community
Stakeholders’ Opinions

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Opinion from the Third Party
Company Proﬁle2Top Message

Creating innovation thattackles social challenges
in the environmental ﬁeld.
REMATEC Corporation
President

Masatoshi Tanaka

Project Planning Skills,
Operation Engineering and
Accumulated Technology for
Creating Innovation
In 2010 when the Company changed its name,we set “Innovation for the Earth” as our corporate
sl o g an and C SR co ncep t. Si nce then, theCompany has undertaken various “CSR activities
through business” to realize its mission to “create
innovation that tackles social challenges in theenvironmental ﬁeld.”
The Company has assigned elite teams from its
operations throughout Japan. Under its policy“Taking an initiative,” the Company is engaged in
restoration and reconstruction work of the disasterstricken areas mobilizing all available resources at
its disposal. The all-out powers of REMATEC havebeen put together to restore and reconstruct thedisaster-stricken areas, including “Project Planning
Skills” to make proposals on overall systems to
respond to environmental challenges such as
unlawful dumping, “Operation Engineering” gainedin restoration and reconstruction after the Great
Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, and “Accumulated
Technology” to develop equipment by ourselves
and to perform work assigned to us. The Company
and its employees greatly appreciate the deep
understanding and warm support provided by thecommunity residents, local governments, andcorporations in the areas. At present, treatment ofdisaster waste and debris is making satisfactory
progress in Ofunato City and Rikuzen-Takata City
as planned. The task is being undertaken safely and
REMATEC aims to complete treatment of disaster
waste and debris by the end of March 2014.
A characteristic of the restoration work
undertaken by the Company is the circulation ofdisaster waste and debris as a reconstruction
material by using it at the Ofunato Plant of Taiheiyo
Cement Corporation as a raw material and fuel,instead of incinerating it. The technical team of
REMATEC conducted a series of tests to deal withthe challenges of removing salt content in disaster
waste and debris and built a unique desalination
plant, resulting in the completion of this circulation
system. This system is an unprecedented circulation system, which has been evaluated by
Ofunato City as a model case for the treatment ofdisaster debris. In May 2013, the Company built asediment screening plant in Rikuzen-Takata City
using this know-how. The plant is capable ofclassifying of 2,000 m3 of tsunami sediment per
day into soil that is retur ned to farmland.
Additionally, in October 2013, the Company started
to operate a veriﬁcation test facility in Ofunato City
that converts sewage sludge into biogas. The
Company has also started to support building of afuturistic city, anticipating reconstruction beyond
restoration.

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The Company will continue to create moreinnovation to assist in the reconstruction of theareas.

REMATEC’s Mission - Taking an
Initiative for Problem Solution“Innovation for the Earth” is both a CSR
concept and the corporate slogan of REMATEC.
Business operations and CSR are two wheels of
the corporate activities and this concept expresses
the belief of the Company that CSR is to performtasks that are useful to society.
REMATEC has been in environmental businessand has undertaken its business activities always
believing that social responsibility is to be ofservice to society and to environmental conservation. RF technology, which is a core waste
recycling technology of REMATEC, has beendeveloped in response to customer needs andglobal environmental problems. To further solidify
the trust relationship with the customers, theCompany has made a more diligent effort inlegislation and regulation compliance, in management of manifest, in risk management, andinformation disclosure, as well as the acquisition of
ISO 14001 and OSHMS certifications. It has won
approval as an Eco-First corporation for the firsttime among companies in the environmental business. REMATEC is endowed with rich experienceand corporate culture to ﬁnd solutions.
“Innovation for the Earth” is no longer a topic to
be talked about only inside Japan at this time
when the conservation of the environment has
become a global issue. The Company aspires tomake a contribution to the world by using coretechnologies nurtured in the past. Culture and rules
differ in each country and region. REMATEC
wishes to create and provide innovations that are
optimal for job sites, by selecting the most suitable
innovation suiting the challenges.
As our new challenge, at the beginning of 2012,
REMATEC has kicked off a collaborative project inThailand to promote 3Rs supported by the Kinki
Regional Economy and Industry Bureau of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry andEnvironment Ministry.

Target: Building a Sustainable
Society by Linking Loop of
Circulation
REMATEC’s CSR Report for the current fiscal
year describes its activities based on the conceptof the following three “returns”: Technology for“Returning to resources” industrial waste andwaste that is difficult to recycle. Activities to“Returning to nature” the environment that has
been damaged by disasters, accidents andunlawful dumping. Finally, “Returning to society” to

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Top Message

REMATEC’s Mission

REMATEC s CSR
Our slogan/Our concept:

Innovation for the Earth
REMATECʼs Mission
To create the innovation corresponds
to the social issues for the Earth

Visualization
Our tasks
Ourof a sustainable
and social
conceptsociety
responsibilities

Management System
BMS / EMS / OSHMS

On January 16, 2013, Masatoshi
Tanaka, our CEO, President of REMATEC
received the Disaster Reconstruction
Support Award in the 30th Public
Commenda tion of Excellent CEOs
sponsored by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
This public commendation system
bestows awards to excellent businessexecutives of small, medium andmiddle-ranking corporations who havegro wn their corpora tions throughexcellent management skills, thus
greatly contributing to the developmentof the Japanese economy and regional
communities. Award recipients are

selected after screening by a selection
committee headed by Mr. Morishita,
special advisor at Panasonic Corp.,
based on recommendations made byeconomic organizations, local governments, financial institutions and otherorganizations. The Disaster Reconstruction Support Award was given to
REMATEC in recognition of its activities
disaster reconstruction support including recycling and treatment of disaster
waste and debris generated in the Great
East Japan Earthquake.

m u n i ca t

i o n w i th s t a k e h oPrinciple
Our goal is to contribute to the establishment of asustainable society by utilizing REMATEC stechnology to recycle various materials.

Visualization of a sustainable society
・ A society where people can live safely and comfortably.
・ A sustainable society where both environment andeconomy coexist.
・ A recycling society that can harmonize with theprinciples of nature.

Business plan

C om

The award for the support of the reconstruction fromthe Great East Japan Earthquake in 30th Public
Commendation of Excellent CEO

REMATEC s CSR

return benefits received from society throughproposals for a ﬂow and mechanism for resource
circulation. The Company believes that merging
these three “returns” is “Innovation for the Earth.”
The employees will create innovation in the
future. REMATEC makes constant efforts todevelop human resources that will support the next
generations, to enhance the work-life balance andto build a safe and secure workplace environment.
The REMATEC Future Learning Center, which will
be celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2013,provides a training system for lear ning theknowledge and rules needed in working in theenvironmental ﬁeld, sensitivity to keep a watchfuleye on social challenges and to nurture mind as
the REMATEC employees.
I wish to hand over the REMATEC mind to future
generations so that REMATEC Corporation willcontinue to support society for decades to come.
The REMATEC 2013 will be the 14th issue. As
stakeholders, please peruse this report and shareyour opinions with us.

l d erOur tasks and social responsibilities
・ Creation of values
・ Proactivity for inﬂuences may occur by implementing
REMATEC s activities and projects.
・ Contribution to solve social issues

CSR Concept
REMATEC Co., sets business guidelines which
are based on 5 keywords “Reliability”, “Information
disclosure”, “Problem solving”, “Risk management”
and “Integration”. We have been trying to be acompany that participates in establishment of arecycling-based society and also correspond to ourcustomers. We have issued our annual CSR reportsince 2000 as a communication tool to stakeholders and this is our 14th publication.
Based on the principle, REMATEC’s primary
operation is environmental business including
resource circulations and also solution for the social
issues in environmental ﬁeld such as recycling andglobal warming countermeasures.

On April 1st 2010, “Kinki Environmental Industry
Co., Ltd” changed the name to “REMATEC” andset “to create the innovation corresponds to thesocial issues of environment” as a new REMATEC’s
mission and “Innovation for the Earth” as thecompany slogan.
Since CSR activities should be sustainablethrough our operation, we are responsible as amember of the society for achieving the largest
mission to create the innovation. We set “Innovation
for the Earth” not only our slogan but also CSR
concept and promote both CSR activities and ouroperations.

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Business Management SystemholdeBusiness Policy
Middle TermBusiness Policy

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REMATEC Co., promotes CSR activities andown operations at the same time, also involves in
integration of three management systems whichare “Business management”, “Environmental
management” and“ Occupational safety and healthmanagement” with “Solution of social issues inenvironmental field”. By our daily operations andthis management system, we believe that we cancreate the innovation corresponds to the social
issues for the Earth.

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Management System

Business Operation
Management System

EMS

OSHMS

Environment
Management System

Occupational Safety and
Health Management System

Environmental Policy
EMS Action Plan

Safety Policy
OSHMS Action Plan

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Feature“Locus of Support
from Great East

for Reconstruction
Japan Earthquake”
Iwate Prefecture has set a target of completing treatment of disaster waste and debris by the end of March 2014.
REMATEC has obtained a contract for the treatment of disaster waste and debris
in Ofunato City and Rikuzen-Takata City.
What is the most important for quick and safe treatment of disaster waste anddebris in the unprecedented disaster is to win the conﬁdence of local residents and the cooperation of
local companies. To meet these expectations, REMATEC has handled all waste and debris safely and securely,
fully utilizing its project planning skills, operation engineering, and accumulated technology.

Message
The Mayor of Ofunato
city, Iwate Prefecture

Mr. Kimiaki Toda
Business and Reconstruction
Activities of REMATEC

Outlook of Final Year in Plan for Treatment ofDisaster Waste and Debris in Iwate Prefecture
Through experience in the Great Hanshin
Earthquake in 1995, REMATEC has felt that speedy
engagement is important in reconstruction fromdisasters. REMATEC has been making proposals to
local governments in consultations with themfocusing on “creation of regional employment bytreating of disaster waste and debris led by local
corporations and subsequent acceleration ofregional reconstruction” as basic policy. Oil was
lacking in the disaster-stricken areas and wastransported from Osaka to heavy fuel machinery andtrucks. Waste and debris was moved in cooperation
with local corporations as well as fishermen’s
cooperative associations. In sorting duty at
temporary storage yards and secondary sortingyards, REMATEC worked with about 500 local
residents. A trust has thus been built with thecommunities.
A series of discussions was held with the staff of
the Ofunato Plant of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation ina study to establish a recycling ﬂow, to recycle entire
disaster waste and debris at the plant. REMATEC

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then built a desalination plant to remove salt content
from waste and debris. This recycling scheme
allowed disaster waste and debris to be received
from Ofunato City and Rikuzen-Takata City.
Rikuzen-Takata City suffered the severest
damage in Iwate Prefecture. Giving the highest
priority to the disposal of rotten waste generated
from marine products, the city opened a temporarystorage yard, primary and secondary sorting yards.
On the other hand, Rikuzen-Takata City, opened asoil classification plant to return tsunami sedimentto farmland, which was very important, and this was
put into full-scale operation in May 2013.
Both Ofunato City and Rikuzen-Takata City
anticipate treatment of entire disaster waste anddebris till the end of March 2014.

Volume of Disaster Waste and Debris andRates of Treatment Progress
Iwate
Prefecture
Morioka City

Ofunato City

Rikuzen-Takata City

810,000 tons

1.66 million tons

10k
Miyako City
tons
Yamada Town 80
Otsuchi Town

Ofunato City
RikuzenTakata City

85%

60

69
63% As of October

40

51

20
0

33%
27

10k
% tons100 160140
80
120
60 100
80
40
60
40
20
20
0
0

%
100
69%
115
30%
7%
11

50

As of October

80
60
40
20
0

2011 2012 20132011 2012 2013
The desalination plant, whose operation is outsourced to REMATEC byTaiheiyo Cement Corporation, receives disaster waste and debris from
Ofunato City and Rikuzen-Takata City and also from five areas including
Miyako City, Yamada Town and Otsuchi Town. REMATEC Tohoku Branch islocated in Morioka City and REMATEC Tohoku Corporation is located in
Ofunato City. (Source: Iwate Prefecture information)

Immediately after the Great East
Japan Earthquake, REMATEC Corporation promptly proposed a plan fortreatment of disaster waste and debris.
Since then, the city has established aprocess from removal and segregationof disaster waste and debris by local
construction companies and otherentities for disposal of disaster waste
and debris at a cement plant in the cityand other facilities. In July 2011, thecity opened a secondary sorting yard
for the first time among the disasterstricken areas, placing in orbit the taskof disposing of a large volume ofdisaster waste and debris totaling
810,000 tons. This accomplishment isdue to the teamwork of all the employees who were inspired to achieve
rapid reconstruction of the disasterstricken areas. Representing thecitizens, I am deeply grateful for theencouragement to take a first step
toward reconstruction by employing
man y local residents who wereaffected by the disaster and were at aloss and for the great contribution inrebuilding the industry in the future.
Future expectations for
REMATEC
The verification test for recoveryof biogas that is being conducted in
the premises of a puriﬁcation center ofthe city by REMATEC is highly evaluated as a pioneer project contributing
to local production and local consumption of energy promoted by thecity under the Kesen Wide-Area Future
City Concept selected by the state in
December 2011. I place my heartfelt
expectations on the challenges for new
business development using richregional resources by commercializing
biogas power generation and for the
early reconstruction of the city.

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Topic“Locus of Support for Reconstruction from Great East Japan Earthquake ”

Fruition of “Project Planning Skills, Operation Engineeringand Accumulated Technology” Locus of Three Years
toward Reconstruction from Devastating Disaster“Speedy engagement is the most important in thedisposal of debris.” Unable to control his sense of
mission, Vice-President Tanaka who experienced
disposal of disaster waste and debris in the Great
Hanshin Earth-quake in 1995 moved to the disaster area
on March 16, ﬁve days after the disaster struck. Tanaka
immediately checked the disaster damage condition incoastal areas and completed a proposal for treatment ofdisaster waste and debris on March 31.
On April 20, the Tohoku Branch was registered. By
July 2011, one quarter of the employees of REMATEC
were moved to Tohoku region. The employees andTanaka shared the same aspirations in front of amountain of debris that was heaped up by the unprecedented damage. “What can we do?” The employees
mixed with workers from local corporations and local
staff members and sorted debris hand in hand with them.
The volume of heaped debris was ascertained and the
optimum proposal was made. Quick erection andmanagement of temporary storage yards and treatmentof waste from rotten marine products won the conﬁdenceof the local community. In July 2011, REMATEC wastasked to execute all the disposal operations of disaster
waste and debris in Ofunato City. Immediately thereafter,a secondary sorting yard was put into service to startearly segregation of debris.
In August 2011, the construction of a desalination
plant was started. Once salt content in disaster waste
and debris by tsunami is removed, a large volume ofdisaster waste and debris can be disposed and recycled
at one time. After repeated tests, REMATEC establishedtechnology from the development of a coagulant towastewater treatment. By November, only three months
after the construction, REMATEC was able to put thedesalination plant into operation. By 2012, a line wasadditionally installed, demonstrating its technological andoperation engineering to developed facilities. In May
2013, a sediment screening plant was put into service in
Rikuzen-Takata City, enabling reuse of areas that had
been covered with tsunami sediments as farmland. Thus,
the reconstruction support operation over the long spanof three years is nearing its ﬁnal phase.

Project

Director, REMATEC
Ofunato Operations

Leaders

Director, REMATEC
Rikuzen-Takata Operations

Leader, Desalination Group,
REMATEC Ofunato Operations

Focus

1 Project
Planning Skills Cooperative Scheme Centering on Local Corporations
A very large volume of disaster waste anddebris cannot be incinerated by the facilities in
the prefecture. The main scheme of the waste
and debris treatment plan proposed by REMATEC
called for the establishment of a cooperative
system led by local companies using the Ofunato
Plant of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, aiming at
achieving a quick reconstruction. REMATEC took
the leading role in consultation with the central
and local governments in coordination among
local companies because REMATEC had
experience of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in1995 and it operated a network for prevention ofillegal waste dumping.

A scene at a meeting

Mr. Hiroshi Kontani Mr. Yoshiyuki Teranishi Mr. Junji Kitazaki

Focus
2011
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Great East Japan Earthquake hit Tohoku Region
Proceeded to disaster-stricken areas

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Started to design a system for treatment of disaster waste anddebris (Ofunato City)
Registered REMATEC Tohoku Branch

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Conversion of waste from marine products into raw materials andfuel (Rikuzen-Takata City)

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Ocean dumping of waste from marine products

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Contract was assigned for work on treatment disaster waste anddebris (Ofunato City)
Opened secondary segregation yard (Ofunato City)

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Started construction of desalination plant

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Contract was assigned for work to dispose disaster waste anddebris (Rikuzen-Takata City)
Opened secondary sorting yard (Rikuzen-Takata City)

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Contract was assigned for desalination of disaster waste anddebris at Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
Desalination plant started operation

2012
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Desalination plant expanded

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Contract was assigned for work to manage construction equipment
and materials at Taiheiyo Cement Corporation.
Expanded capacity of noninﬂammable processing of desalination plant

2013
5

Contract was awarded for classiﬁcation work (Rikuzen-Takata City)

Soil classiﬁcation plant started operation (Rikuzen-Takata City)
2014
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High Disposal Speed and High Recycling Yield
2 Operation
Engineering
Waste and debris was thoroughly segregatedright from the demolition and removal stages. At
the same time, shredding and segregation workin temporary storage yards, secondary sortingyards and other processes was also performed
using heavy equipment, machinery and by handto design an efficient path of flow, safe, quick
processing with a high recycling yield. The
operation engineering of REMATEC and staff inthe disaster-stricken area supported this process.
At the same time, the plan took the residents inthe neighborhood and nearby environment into
consideration and controlled traffic congestion,soot and dust, noise and vibration to a minimum.

Converting Tsunami
Sediments toFarmlandIn early 2013 when local governments wereconﬁdent that they would be able to dispose of disaster
waste and debris as planned, Rikuzen-Takata City
encountered a new challenge. The city was to dispose oftsunami sediments totaling as much as 840,000 tons,
exceeding the total volumes of waste of the other cities.
(1.59 million tons in total for all of Iwate Prefecture)
REMATEC then proposed a farmland reduction ﬂow byclassiﬁcation of tsunami waste and debris designed todispose of waste and debris quickly. After consultingwith the central and local governments from land
selection to setting a specification for reuse inaccordance with grain size, REMATEC thoroughly
implemented classiﬁcation by removing foreign matter
through dry and wet classiﬁcation and classifying evenﬁne sediments into sand (75 nm to 2 mm) by a cyclone
and into clay (75 nm or less) by a ﬁlter press. A ﬂow wascompleted to send classified combustible andnoncombustible waste and debris to cement plants andother plants and to use sand, silt, clay and othermaterials as bedrock soil and surface soil of farmland.
The sediment screening plant was built at the formersite of a citizens’ gymnasium in May 2013 is disposingof tsunami waste and debris by the consortium of
REMATEC, Satake Kensetsu Corp. and Konno Kensetsu
Co. The consortium aims at disposing of all the debris by
the end of the current fiscal year while creating
employment within the prefecture.

Segregation by manual work

Focus

3 Accumulated
Technology

The Moment “Loop” in Circulation Is Connected

A very large volume of waste is generated
in a disaster and that waste has to beincinerated or disposed of in landﬁll. The waste
disposal scheme at Ofunato Plant of Taiheiyo
Cement Corporation was epoch-making
because a very large volume of disaster waste
said to equal 20-years of emitted waste could
be accepted and recycled at one time as a raw
material and fuel. However, waste that contains
salt is rejected at cement plants, because it
damages kilns and deteriorates cement quality.
REMATEC succeeded in developing a uniquedesalting separator, which looks like a large
washing machine, to ensure that the waste
meets the required standard. As soon as
REMATEC was able to develop the desalting
separator, REMATEC built a desalination plant in
only three months entirely by itself. Thiseliminated of the need to incinerated or landﬁll

Plan for disposal of disaster waste and debris in Iwate
Prefecture is planned to phase out

disaster waste and debris, establishing asystem to speedily dispose of entire volumes ofwaste and debris inside Iwate Prefecture
without moving it outside the prefecture. This
showed that the loop of resource circulation in
the area was connected.

Sediment screening plant

Leader Shinichi Nishimoto,
Sediment Screening Plant
Desalination plant

Voice
Voice

Voice

Voice
Business Operation Section,
Manufacturing Department,
REMATEC Tohoku Corporation

Deputy Assistant to Director,
Business Operations Section 2,
Kansai Branch
Development Bank of Japan

Representative Director,
Satake Kensetsu Corp.
Joint venture of REMATEC,
Satake Kensetsu Corp. andKonno Kensetsu Co.

Rikuzen-Takata Oﬃce,
Nishio Rent All Co., Ltd.

Mr. Daisuke Motonishi

Mr. Yoshiya Suga

Mr. Hiroshi Yamamoto

Loans Extended to Desalination Equipment

Joint Venture of Three Companies in a Scrum

In May 2012, the Development Bank of Japan originated a
syndicate loan totaling ¥1.5
billion to finance the desalination equipment at the Ofunato
Plant of REMATEC and extended the loan together with The
Senshu Ikeda Bank, Shoko
Chukin Bank and Bank of Iwate.
Disas ter w a s te and debris
generated by the tsunami after
the Great East Japan Earthquake and containing a large

In August 2011, ﬁve months
after the Great East Japan
Earthquake, a joint venture of
REMATEC, a company withexpertise in the disposal ofdisaster waste, and two local
construction companies of
R i k u z e n - Ta k a t a C i t y w a s
outsourced for treatment ofdisaster waste and debris. We
hastened to procure machines,
workers and facilities under theguidance of REMATEC. In a9amount of salt is desalinated bythis equipment for use as a
cement raw material and fuel. As
a result, disposal of disaster
waste and debris can be executed as originally planned. As afinancial institution participatingin this project, we are delighted
that the activities of REMATEC
are contributing to the early reconstruction of the disasterstricken area.

project to classify tsunami waste
and debris started in May thisyear, treatment is making steadyprogress thanks to the good
match between a plan developed by REMATEC and the cooperation of local contractors.
Reconstruction will take sometime, but Rikuzen-Takata City is
steadily moving forward. I am
grateful to be taking part in thereconstruction of the city handin-hand with REMATEC.

Ms. Junko Sato

Strange Encounter between Disaster
Victim (me) and Company

Challenging yet Fulﬁlling, Job That Is Worth
Performing and Placid Air at Job Site
Nishio Rent All supplies
heavy equipment and provides
maintenance services at plantsthat REMATEC constructs andmanages. Heavy equipment
includes shredders and sieves
that are usually not well known.
We have experienced both asense of self-satisfaction anddifficulty of handling disaster
waste and debris. Every day, we
endea vor to k eep the lines

flo wing, but ma chine par t s
sometimes become faulty. Whena part becomes faulty, we first
think of fixing it with all ourstrength before getting upset. At
present, machines in RikuzenTakata City still have surplus
capacity. After finishing thedisposal of debris, I wish to worka t a job sit e t o ge ther with
REMATEC personnel again.

Before and after the outbreakof the earthquake and tsunami, I
was working for the municipal
office. I planned to retire from them u n i c i p a l i t y i n M a r c h 2 0 11.
However, the disaster struck the
Tohoku region on March 11 and theretirement date had been postponed for three months. I was assigned to work related to cremationand insecticiding rotten ﬁsh among
various jobs. At that time, I found in
a newspaper article that reported “acompany in Osaka was loading

rotten ﬁsh onto a ship and dumping
it offshore.” This article gave astrong impression on me. I was theninterviewed at a company, to which
I submitted my job application, andtalked about this newspaper article.
The interviewer told me “Ah, thatcompany is us!” This was a rare coincidence. I now work at REMATEC
Tohoku and do accounting work.
The company gave me vim andvigor when I was depressed. I am
repaying the company by working
hard.

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Operation Engineering Pursuing Technology that Solves Social Challenges

REMATEC is undertaking a variety of businesses related to resource circulation.
REMATEC proposes disposal schemes tailored to diverse customer's needs,
from designing plants for such schemes to ﬁnding ﬁnal destinations for waste
and debris. REMATEC links the loop of recycling as an integrated operation.
From one point to another, social contributions can be made when recycling
becomes a loop.
REMATEC is creating innovation through three “Returns” keeping in mind thechallenges of the customers and society.

linking the “Recycling Loop”
Returning toSociety
Examples of Innovation
Supported by Economy and Industry
Ministry and Environment Ministry ofThai Japan, REMATEC is promoting
Project
veriﬁcation of a resource circulation
system mainly for production of RF.
Veriﬁcation test of biogas power
SILES generation is conducted applying
Project subcritical water treatment nurtured intechnology development.
REMATEC is executing a project to build
an “Environmental Future City Featuring
Town Local Consumption of Local Production”
Building
for smooth circulation of unused
resources in areas.

Returning to71
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Pending Illegal Dumping and Other Cases
53

2,609

37

40

2,500

30
23

2,000

20
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SludgeWaste alkalis

Waste acid

Waste oil

2,006

2,159

2,297

2,424

25

20
15

20
15.98
14.72 15.03 15.11 15.16

15

10

10

5

5

0

0
(%)

The environmental contamination such as the illegal
dumping and ocean pollution by maritime accidents
such as oil spills from fuel tanker have become serious
social problems. Based on its accumulated technologicalpowers and expertise acquired in recycling, REMATEC is
active in restoring the environment by developing
appropriate treatment and disposal schemes. Throughits business in recycling to nature in an original form,
REMATEC is contributing to environmental conservation
and biodiversity conservation on a global scale throughthe disposal of waste and debris generated byearthquakes and tsunami.
(Source: Japanese Ministry of Environment )REMATEC is undertaking business to restore

and Iwate prefectures, and also in Shiga Prefecture.

1,000

REMATEC is engaged in the recovery and treatment

Restoration of of oil spilled by ships, including the restoration of an
Maritime Accident

500

accident involving the Russian ship Nakhodka.

2011

2010

2009

2008

0

Example of Innovation
Restoration to conditions deteriorated by illegal dumping to their
Original Conditionin Illegal Dumping original conditions on the border between Aomori

1,500

2007

Soot and dust

Average

0
(%)

23%

3,000

Metal scrap

11

80

22%

2011

REMATEC contributes to thecirculation of resources that areTechnology difﬁcult to recycle including theDevelopment development of a unique
coagulant and the recovery ofvaluable metals.

Recycling ratio by
REMATEC 98%

96

100

(Source: Japanese Ministry of Environment )

25

2010

The REMATEC Group is active inwashing, cleaning and
Maintenance maintaining equipment andBusiness facilities in petrochemicalcomplexes, power plants andindustrial plants.

Recycling Ratio of Industrial Waste in Japan

Nature30%30
26% 26% Recycling ratio

30

2009

Industrial waste such as waste oil,sludge and waste liquids is
RF Business recycled into alternative fuel for
cement calcination using
technology unique to REMATEC.

(Source: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand)

2008

Examples of Innovation

Returning to

Urban waste emitted in Thailand
and recycling ratio (In million tons)

2007

Resources

Achieving a higher recycling efficiency ofindustrial waste is a social challenge fromvarious aspects including resource
circulation, mitigation of environmental risks
and prevention of global warming.
REMATEC recycles almost all waste that isdifficult to recycle and emitted by various
industries including petrochemical, steelmaking and chemical companies.
REMATEC recycles waste into resources by
a recycling system that does not add a loadto the Earth, by zero combustion, zerowastewater and zero landﬁlling.

Technology to “Return to resources” that supports thebuilding of a recycling society and activity to “Returnto nature” that supports a secure and safe society.
Benefits can be “Returned” to society by merging
these two missions.
REMATEC undertakes innovation activities towardbuilding future towns including provisioning of technologies to emerging economies that are pressed totackle global environmental problems such as resource
circulation and global warming. REMATEC also
undertakes technology development for use ofrenewable energy.

Restoration and REMATEC’s desalination and classiﬁcation
Reconstruction treatment technologies and operation engineeringfrom Earthquake are contributing to the disposal of very large
and Tsunami volumes of debris and tsunami sediments.

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Business Activities

REMATECʼs perspective throughVoices of Our Customers

Returning to ResourcesCore Business of REMATEC

Environmental Load
Reduced by the
RF FuelRF BusinessA recycling system that does not cause environmentalload to the Earth featuring zero combustion, zerowastewater and zero landﬁlling. Recovered industrial
waste is turned into resources at a rate of 98%.

Deputy Plant Manager,
Ako Plant
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.

Mr. Akihiko Ono

Ako Plant is the main cement supplierfor our company in western Japan, stably
supplying about 3.5 million tons of highquality products. The plant is performing
new social role as the most streamlined means for waste and byproducts.
REMATEC and our plant have a long
history of association since 1987. The

supply of RF fuel as an auxiliary cement
fuel is now essential for meeting our target
of using supplemental energy for coal toreduce our environmental load. In 2011, atank to hold 980kl of RF fuel was additionally installed, increasing our capacity tohold RF fuel by about 20% in 2012, compared with 2010. The attitude of REMATEC
in actively dealing with environmental
conservation matches our environmental
policy, and I believe that REMATEC andour company share the same aspiration.

RF shipments

12
10
8

%
41

ase110,000
cre tons
in

78,000
tons

6
4
2
0

2000

Recycling Request of
Waste Oil Generated in
Paint Production

Recycling Ratio

2012

98

%

(2012 Actual)

REMATEC’s plant in Kyushu turns industrial waste collected mainly in Kyushu, Shikoku and Chugoku regions into RF fuel.
Waste is carried by ships from far places such as Okinawa and Tokyo.

Leader,Resin Manufacturing Group
Tobata Plant,
Nitto Chemical Co., Ltd.

Mr. Tatsuya Tanaka

RF Process Flow

Steel and machinery industries
Automobile industry(Waste oil, waste liquids,
sludge, etc.)

Semiconductor industry

Raw material mixing

Oil reﬁning company

Stored by waste type

Scaling by weighing bin

Mixed for RF production

Quality check

Delivery to cement plant

Aspects of RF

Reduction of Environmental Load

REMATEC’s RF business processes waste
including waste oil, waste liquids, sludge, and sootand dust emitted by various industries into
alternative fuel for cement plants by unique patented
technology. The recycling process involves the
mixing of waste. The key to turning waste into a fuelis “matching know-how of waste.” By mixing waste
using REMATEC’s unique mixing technology,
thixotropical property is provided to waste. 110,000
tons of RF is shipped per year as a fuel that
substitutes coal after it is adjusted to the predetermined calories.

The RF manufacturing process does not include
any combustion, distillation or filtering. Water also
becomes a fuel in an emulsion state and nowastewater is generated. About 98% of waste fed
to the process becomes RF and cinders after
combustion and can also be used as a cement raw
material. The system is a circulation system that
does not require landﬁlling. Cement plants that use
RF can reduce coal consumption. Energy generated
by 110,000 tons of RF equals 80,000 tons of coal.
CO2 emissions are reduced by 180,000 tons.

Activities of REMATEC Clean Co., Ltd. (100%-owned subsidary of REMATEC)

Maintenance Service
Safety ﬁrst is the motto of the company in cleaning customer plants
as part of their maintenance programs. The company provides one-stop
services from planning to execution and waste collection, transportationand disposal. All tasks at production sites are performed including thecleaning of pipes, tanks and treatment bins and the inspection ofunderground tanks. REMATEC Clean Corporation is proud of their highevaluation by evaluating environmental risks encountered in maintenanceduty especially in cooperation with customers and is proposing the
optimal solutions.
Cleaning of a large tank

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Equipment Maintenanceat Nichinan Plant of
Oji Paper Co.
Manager,
Construction Subsection,
Engineering Section,
Nichinan Operations
Oji Engineering Co., Ltd.

Mr. Muneharu Miyakawa

RF (Reclaimed Fuel): A regenerated alternative fuel composite for cement calcination with fuel-reversible thixotropical property. (Japanese patent No. 3039644)

Jet cleaning

The root of Nitto Chemical Co. can betraced to Nippon Steel Chemical Co.
(currently Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co.). REMATEC and Nitto Chemical
have worked together for ten years when
Nitto Chemical was then called Nippon
Steel Chemical. The company produces
heavy-duty rust prevention paint forsafeguarding steel from rusting and a resin
for rubber adhesives called a coumarone
resin. These products are used for repainting steel structures and for otherpurposes. We are mainly asking REMATEC
to treat waste oil.
Our main environmental objective is to
reduce our energy consumption and theamount of efﬂuent. We are trying to reduce

Oji Engineering Co. is mainly responsible for the installation of machines,
boilers and equipment maintenance ofpump process at the Nichinan Plant of Oji
Paper Co. At our Construction Subsection,
we always closely interact with the job
sites, quickly grasp information and use
outsourced companies. We issue instructions and provide guidance to ouroutsourced companies on material selection and personnel assignment so that
repairs and maintenance services are performed in good timing without stopping
the manufacturing process. Outsourced
companies are called to work at midnight
and often work all night long.
We are always vigilant to ensure safety
and prevent accidents by outsourced companies and issue instructions for safety
and for work at job sites. We make it apoint to wear a safety belt during work at

the amount of waste oil emitted and
REMATEC is responding to our requests
on the fluctuations of waste oil compositions also. We highly evaluate thewaste oil mixing technology of REMATEC.
We understand that our efﬂuents are ﬁnallysupplied to the cement manufacturing
process and are proud to be a fellow
corporation in society.
Our plant is located in the premises ofa steelmaking m ill an d w e are v ery
cautious about safety in our operations. All
the drivers of REMATEC for collection of
our efﬂuents are well trained and we have
had no problems in terms of safety andcargo collection.
A company is regarded as an excellent
company after it assumes all responsibilities from the input of raw materialpurchases to the output of products, byproducts and waste. We wish to cooperate
and grow with REMATEC as a good
partner.

an elevated place and protective clothing
and a facemask where chemicals are used,
to prevent an injury or death caused by anaccident due to chemicals, lack of oxygenor falling accident. The oxygen concentration is measured together withoutsourced companies before working in apit or a tank. Workers and operators greet
each other and recite instructions andactions to be taken at work sites to remove
anxiety.
REMATEC is one of these outsourced
companies. REMATEC is tasked to clean
pipes and equipment at high pressure. The
pressure sometimes reaches ultrahighpressure point such as 600 K. REMATEC
performs cleaning work inside tanks, crude
oil tanks, concentrated sulfuric acid tanks
and pits. These tasks are very dangerous.
The personnel of REMATEC aim at safety
duty that is always one step ahead and aretrained to safeguard their own lives bythemselves. The work performed by themis very efficient and clean and we canoutsource work to them without hesitation.
Our process staff at job sites say, “Pleasecall REMATEC personnel for the next job.”

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Business Activities

12 Restoration of Environment Challenged by Comprehensive Power

Returning to Resources

Returning to Nature

Project to Restore Illegal
Dumping Sites to Their
Original Condition
Prevention of more hindrance by highaccuracy sorting and reﬁlling. Comprehensive skills of REMATEC arecontributing to solving major social
problems.

Field of commitment of REMATEC

Technology
Development

Illegal Dumping of Drums
in Otsu City, Shiga
Prefecture

Based on its corporate idea, REMATEC challenges thedevelopment of new technology for resource circulationand the solution of social challenges in waste problems.
Subcritical water treatment plant at the Sakai SC Plant of REMATEC. Completed in 2006 as the world’s ﬁrst commercial plant

Recycling Innovation Using
Safe and Harmless “Water”

Soot and dust containing
valuable metals

Recovered valuables(Purity 95% or higher)

Development of Coagulant for
Treating Colored Wastewater

Treated wastewater

Relocation after removal

Cases to Remove Illegally Dumped Containers and Their Contents(Source: Ministry of Environment)

Countermeasures

Coagulant dosing
control responding toturbidity

More Diligent
Recycling of Even
Illegally Dumped Waste

Preservation of site

117 cases 4.3%

General Manager, New Development
Division, Business Development Group,
REMATEC Corporation

Mr. Akihiro Tanio

Prevention
measures

REMATEC proposed recycling of wooden disaster waste and debris
generated in the Great East Japan Earthquake as a raw material and fuelfor use in cement plants. However, it faced a problem in treating
wastewater generated in the cleaning process of this recycling operation.
REMATEC studied a coagulant of various compositions and succeeded indeveloping a coagulant that was effective in removing pollution components
such as a colored component, SS component and COD components elutedout from desalinated timber. This development enabled the treatedwastewater to meet the stringent local effluent standards and help
establishing a desalination treatment scheme, succeeding in recycling alarge volume of wooden waste.

Removal of materials from decayed drums

Monitoring ofvicinityenvironment

15

Soot, dust and ash from incineration generated in chemical complexes
contain valuable metals such as nickel and molybdenum. The R&D
Department of REMATEC in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, is developing
technology to recover these valuable metals. In 2012, the department
succeeded in recovering valuable metals of high purity by combining
various methods including heat treatment, extraction and concentration.

Voice

Case analysis andother checks

Subcritical water: Condition (ultracritical water) that is neither water (liquid)
nor water vapor (gas) is obtained when temperature and pressure of water
are raised to 374°C and 22 MPa or higher. The water in the domain nearby above condition is called subcritical water and dissolution anddegradation, actions of organic substances are extremely high.

Technology for Recovering
Valuable Metals

Site of illegal dumping in Otsu City. Weather-exposed drums containing a large amountof hazardous materials.

Illegaldumping

REMATEC is exerting its effort to develop new
recycling technology to recycle the limited resourcesof the Earth into various materials.
In 2003, the Research and Development Departmentof REMATEC started its operation. In joint researchwith Osaka Prefecture University, REMATEC
perfected an ease, safe, and environmentally friendly“waste recycling system by subcritical water
treatment” by using high-temperature and highpressure water. In 2006, a subcritical water treatment plant was completed as the first commercial
plant in the world. REMATEC is challenging further
technology development. One such example is averiﬁcation test in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, torecover bioenergy from sewage sludge. (Please see
page 18 for more information.)
The Technology Development and Engineering
departments and other departments of REMATEC
are supporting the operation engineering of
REMATEC in various recycling projects including theappropriate disposal of various and diverse waste ina project to restore illegal dumping sites to their
original conditions, desalination technology insupport of the reconstruction works in the disasterstricken Tohoku Region, and the development of acoagulant and desalination plant.

Topic

A case of illegal dumping of drums found in Otsu
City, Shiga Prefecture. A past survey showed thatabout 450 drums, whose owner could not be
identified, contained a large amount of hazardous
materials and that much of them were industrial
waste required to be managed by a special method.
Some of the old drums leaked their content andresidents in the neighborhood and nearby environment were concerned. After finding the illegal
dumping, the city of Otsu measured the site,
surveyed the conditions and studied measures toremove the sources of the problems. In 2012,
REMATEC started to remove the drums.
Because collection, moving and disposal of
special industrial waste were required, joint venture offour companies including REMATEC and RTT
Corporation, a group company of REMATEC, is
executing the tasks. Fully utilizing the comprehensive
skills of REMATEC, an appropriate disposal scheme
has been developed to deal with the illegal dumping
in an integrated manner from analysis of illegally
dumped materials to high-accuracy sorting andactive recycling. In Fiscal 2012, removal of materials
from drums that were stored at the site and were
becoming old, moving of materials in some of thedrums to the outside of the site, turning into
reclaimed fuel and incineration were accomplished. In
Fiscal 2013, all the drums are planned to be moved
out and disposed of and restoration of the site to its
original condition is scheduled to be completed.

2,690 cases
100%

63 cases
2.3%

23 cases
0.9%

31 cases
1.2%

16 cases
0.6%[Tasks Accomplished by REMATEC]♦ Preliminary design and execution management of system for illegal dumping in Aomori and Iwate prefectures (2004 - 2013)♦ Works for illegal dumping of industrial waste in northern area of Gifu City and removal of speciﬁed problem sources (2009 - 2013)

REMATEC has a trackrecord of accomplishingprojects including projects torestore illegal dumping sites
to their original condition,
disposal of disaster waste anddebris and disposition ofmaritime accidents. In illegal
dumping of industrial waste in
Otsu City, hazardous waste
dumped by an unidentified
party was left unattended formore than ten years. The
restoration duty involved
perfect prevention of leakage
and mitigation of offensive
odors and noise during therestoration duty, to avoid
causing any nuisance to theresidents in the community.
This is a project that called fora proposal for recycling of
a l m o s t e n t i re v o l u m e s o fwaste in order to thoroughly
recycle waste even if it isillegal. This proposal was
adopted. REMATEC will always continue to dispose
waste securely and safely for
waste emitting companies,
who are our customers,
assisting them to prevent
illegal dumping.

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Business Activities

13 Contribution to Promotion of

3 Objective: Environmental Futuristic City

Returning to Society

Returning to Society

SILES Project

Thai Project
The manufacturing industry is rapidly growing in
Thailand propelled by active investments inequipment and facilities.
The demand for cement is continuing to increase
and the implementation of environmental
measures is a major challenge.
REMATEC’s technology is contributing to solving
the environmental challenges in Thailand.

Business Activities

3Rs in Emerging Economy

Producing clean energy using
discarded waste, instead of depleting
resources such as oil and coal.

Ceremony to celebrate the opening of REMATEC&KSN Thailand (RTK)
as a new operation in Thailand (Sept. 2013)

Veriﬁcation Tests with
Governments of Thailand
and Japan
Thailand emits 15 million tons of domestic waste
and 25 million tons of industrial waste each year.
Disposal of this waste involves major challenges.
For example, no system to confirm final disposal
has been established yet and incineration facilities
are inadequate. As much as 80% of domestic
waste is landfilled. While the cement industry
including Siam Cement Group (SCG) is growing
rapidly, a reduction in consumption of a very large
volume of fossil fuels used in cement production isnecessary. In 2012, a national project aiming at
establishing 3Rs started in Thailand. Supported by
the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry andEnvironment Ministry of Japan, REMATEC iscomprehensively transferring technology to build amechanism for 3Rs. Because this technology uses
the infrastructure (cement plant) of SCG, investment inlarge-scale equipment such as incinerators is not
required and greater expectations are placed on thetechnology to reduce both landfilled waste
and the consumption of fossil fuels in
Thailand at the same time.
A verification test has been conductedwith the support of government agencies ofboth Thailand and Japan. In 2012, an RF
veriﬁcation test was conducted at the Kaeng
Khoi Plant of SCG jointly with the Economy,
Trade and Industry Ministry of Japan.
Additionally, a verification test of refuse
derived fuel (RDF) was made jointly with theEnvironment Ministry of Japan to study theconversion of domestic waste into fuel. In
2013, interviews with more than 100 local
corporations in the Amata Nakom Industrial
Estate were conducted and a trial study was
made to form a model for eco-conscious
industrial estates. On September 9, 2013, a
joint venture company REMATEC &KSN
Thailand (RTK) was established with Kansai
Saishigen Network, a technical partner.
Business operations will be promoted on afull scale based on the results of theveriﬁcation test.

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RF veriﬁcation plant in Kaeng Khoi Plant

Waste disposal in Thailand (Open dumping)
Test facility at Ofunato Cleansing Center. Plan to treat 500kg of sewage sludge per day

Proportion of waste used
(Source: SCG)
per ton of cement45%
9%★ Business opportunity for
utilization of waste: 5 times
compared with the present★ Consumption of fossil fuel canbe reduced by recycling of
waste

Voice

SCI Eco Services Co., Ltd.

SCI Eco Services Co., Ltd.

Mr. Kemaraj Somwong

Mr. Wirote Udomsuktham

Recycling Business Matching Based on Conditions of Thailand
We h a v e l e a r n t f ro m t h e h i s t o r y o fenvironmental load issues in Japan, especiallythe development of industrial waste
management. In our point of view, key to thesuccess was that government has seriously
enforced the environmental or waste laws andregulations to all wrongdoers against theillegal dumping. Moreover, every industry or
the relevant parties fully collaborated andrealized in minimizing their waste including
waste to landﬁll.
In Thailand, the waste management has
just developed since over ten years ago, andstill has some problems which are different
from others. REMATEC is one of the mostimportant mechanisms contributing andsupporting for environmental correction andprotection in terms of waste handling,
re c y c l i n g t e c h n o l o g y a n d c o n s u l t a n c yservices. Furthermore, REMATEC has a good
networking with both of the governments in
Thailand and Japan. For many reasons, wehave a conﬁdence that REMATEC’s experience
will adapt Japanese best practice and apply to
our country successfully. And we really hopethat REMATEC can support us on how to
implement waste management legally and to
p ro v i d e t e c h n o l o g y - t r a n s f e r f o r w a s t etreatment facilities. Meanwhile we expect tosee the successful case of the Amata City
Industrial Estate of Eco Town project and the
expansion to other industrial estates in thenearest future.
Ultimately, we are pleased to recognize,
and thank to REMATEC for not only dedicating
and contributing in Japan but also caring theenvironment and the society of Thailand.
Since REMATEC started and extended
business in Thailand, projecting to waste
management business which focused on
Reclaimed Fuel (RF) and Refuse Derived Fuel(RDF) a few years ago, we have sincerely
admired REMATEC for numerous efforts andkind cooperation. Even though at the Thai
Wa s t e M a r k e t , t h e w a s t e s e r v i c e o r
management fee is quite lower than in Japan
as well as there are some conﬂicts of interests
occurred in the business environment,
REMATEC has still steadily kept ongoing
waste business in Thailand. We really
anticipate that REMATEC could understand
our market situation and continuously perform
waste business through all constraints withthe reasonable proﬁtability.
Lastly we truly trust that all about exertions
will accomplish and sustain either business or
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),
according to REMATEC intention.

Pilot Experiment facility forturning sewage sludge into
biogas began its operation
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, thedependence on nuclear power generation has beenreexamined in Japan and expectations for renewable energy are rising. Biogas power generation
is typical of renewable energy along with photovoltaic power generation and wind power generation. REMATEC is involved in biogas power
generation using sewage sludge. An estimated 2.3
million tons (dry basis) of sewage sludge is disposed
annually as waste at present in Japan. The potential
energy of sewage sludge is reported to be equivalent to about 1.1 million kilo liters in crude oil. A
great contribution could be made to establish a
recycling society if this unused energy were to beeffectively used.
This scheme is an application of the subcriticalwater treatment technology of REMATEC. Subcriticalwater treatment before methane fermentation of
sewage sludge signiﬁcantly shortens the treatment
time, and methane gas generation can be increased
20 to 30% also. Thus, a variety of advantages canbe derived. In October 2013, a pilot experiment

facility was installed in Ofunato City of Iwate
Prefecture. The facility started a test by receiving
sewage sludge from the Sewage Plant Center of
Ofunato City. The local consumption of locally
produced energy isalso envisaged,
using residues fromprocessing of maVoicerine products, livestock manure andkitchen garbage at
the same time, in
General Manager
Environmental Biotechnology
addition to sewage
Development Dept.
sludge.
Technology Development Center,
Business Development Group
REMATEC Corporation

Mr. Masaharu Yoshimi* SILES stands for “Sakai
Illuvies Lutum Energy
System,” the nameselected in an in-houseposting.

Comparison of conventional treatment andsubcritical water treatment
Comparison Item

Conventional Treatment

Subcritical Water Treatment

Treatment time

30 days

15 days at shortest

Gas yield–

20 - 30% more compared to the past

Amount of Fermentation Residues–

20 - 30% less compared to the past

Stability against ﬂuctuations of
substrate and other factor

Great impact

Smaller impact

For Early
Commercialization of
Subcritical Water
Methane Fermentation
Technology
On October 2, 2013, acompletion ceremony of theverification plant was held at
the sewage plant center of
Ofunato City attended by Mr.
Toda, the Mayor of Ofunato
City and other guests. It was
extremely rare for a midsizedcompany to conduct a
veriﬁcation test at such public
facility. This was possible
because the efforts of thoserelated to the project andmany employees of REMATEC
who took part in supporting
the reconstruction work weredeeply understood by thepeople in the community. I
thank the many personnels
involved from design toinstallation and operation andhope that this technology will
be commercialized soon.

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Environmental Activities

REMATEC recognizes that the protection of environment is themost important task for the better future and the prosperity for all thehuman being.
Therefore, we are committed to reducing of the environmentalloads, energy/resources conservation to keep the environment andthe recycling businesses balanced with contribution of the recycle
and the construction of better and sustainable society.

Eco-First Commitment~ Activities in Earth Environmental Conservation as Pioneer Environmental Company ~In November 2008, REMATEC pledged its own environmental conservation activities
including measures to cope with global warming to the Environment Minister and was approved
as the Eco First company.

PledgeItem

TargetAccomplishment in 2012

1. An accurate and active
promotion of recycling

Information disclosure

Information disclosed on website

Information disclosed on website as it
becomes available

Electronic manifests
2. Promotion to form soundmaterial society
3. Promotion of global warming
prevention––

Reduction of fuel consumption of collection
vehicles (Basic unit for energy)

More than 9% reduced in or before 2012 comparedNot accomplished. 3.7% reducedwith 2003

Reduction of electric energy consumptionMore than 25% reduced in or before 2012
compared with 2004

Target To actively publicize to customers

about waste accepted at REMATEC byelectronic manifests, to promote
digitization of waste disposal
information.

Target To increase the amount of RF
production at the Osaka and Kyushu
Plants as alternative fuel of coal andother fossil fuels and to improverecycling ratio. To produce more than
100,000 tons of RF per year by 2010.

(Cases)35,000(%)
50.0

30,0000.5%

Target To actively promote energy saving

activities of air-conditioning equipment,
RF production equipment and others,
to reduce CO2 emissions by more than
25% till 2012 compared with 2004 interms of electric energy consumption(basic unit for energy) per ton of RF
produced.

45.0

11.50

97.2 97.1 97.1

98
96.8

40.0

96

27.8

%

(kW/h/t)
20

18

30.0

94

22.0

19.0

16

10.50

92

JMAQA-EO36

Kyushu Plant

07/18/2000

JMAQA-E115

Reduction
ratio
(%)
40

(ℓ)
3,000,000

19.0
16.0

22.0

1.5

25.0

(%)
30

%

down

24.0

21.5
20

20

10.00

90

88

9.50
15.0

0.0

0.0

14
0

2,000,000

6.0
0.0

12

10

-20

5.2

3.7

10,000

86

5,000

-20

4

-80

2012

2011

2009

2010

Electric energy consumption in basic
unit for energy (kW/h/t)
Reduction in consumption in terms ofbasic unit for energy
Target value for reduction ratio of electricenergy consumption in basic unit for energy02003(Base year)

2012

2011

2009

0

2010

80

Promotion of volunteering activities

Volunteering activities (cleanup of theharbor) in local community areas○

Facilitation of larger participation

Increase of RF shipment(RF shipments 61,200 tons/year or
more)

Industrial waste disposal contracts
won by sales personnel, a stablesystem operation by the production
division

RF shipments 59,605 tons/year△s 3TABLE SUPPLY OF 2&
s 3AFE OPERATION BY MORE DILIGENT
management of equipment andfacilities

Compilation and revision of work
procedures and standardss  REVIEWS AND REVISIONS OF WRITTEN
proceduress -ORE DILIGENT TRAINING TO WORK IN
accordance with written procedures

Manufacturing Section: 106 cases
Business Operation Section: 44 cases
Training of written procedures and othermanuals: 112 cases○s 2EVIEW OF WORK STANDARDS
s #HECKING WRITTEN PROCEDURES AND
more diligent training

Obtain waste disposal contracts
42,620 tonss 3URVEY OF EXISTING CUSTOMERS
increase in volume of waste
disposals $EVELOPMENT OF NEW CUSTOMERS

42,106 tons/year including contracts fromnew customers△s -ORE WASTE DISPOSAL REQUESTS FROMEXISTING CUSTOMERS
s 0ROSPECTING NEW CUSTOMERSReduction of electric energy
consumption (Reduction of 25%compared to 2004’s rate)

Reduction of consumption in basic
unit for energys "ASIC UNIT FOR ENERGY
Per ton: 9.73kW
s 2EDUCTION RATIO 43.1%◎

s %NERGY SAVING BY SWITCHING OFF
lightss 2EDUCTION IN ELECTRIC ENERGY
consumption through demand
monitoring

No complaints about odor fromlocal communitiess -ORE FREQUENT AND DILIGENT PATROLLING
s -ORE DILIGENT ENFORCEMENT OF
1 complaint about ordor
shutter closing when waste is
moved infrom the local communities
s 7ASTE MUST NOT BE EXPOSED TO THE
outer air while being moved in tanks△(Goal) No complaints about odor
from local communities(Solution) Improvement of
deodorization system

Compatibilities for social issues

Leakage accidents by client or own
plant: 0s 2EVIEW OF WORK STANDARDS
s -ORE DILIGENT TRAINING OF PERSONNEL
in departments

s ,EAKAGE ACCIDENTS BY CLIENTS 0
s ,EAKAGE ACCIDENTS AT PLANTS 1△(Target)
Leakage accidents by clients orplants: 0(Challenge)
Guidance on compilation andoperation of work standards tailoredto job sites.

7INNING OF CONTRACTS FOR WASTE
disposalContracts for 41,250 tons awardeds )NDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTS
won by sales personnels 3TABLE MANUFACTURING OPERATION

7INNING OF WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTS
34,603 tons

×

7INNING OF WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTS
Contracts for 40,000 tons awarded

Promotion of resource conservation
through stable supply(Goal of RF shipment for 55,000tons
a year.)(Reduction of coal: 33,656t)

s 3TABLE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONs 3TABLE SUPPLY OF 2&

RF shipment 51,349 tons (Reduction of
coal; 31,422t)△

RF shipment (Goal; RF shipment
55,000 tons) (Reduction of coal;
33,656t)

Reduction in electric energy
consumption
4ARGET VALUE K7HT OR LESS
(CO2: 4.20 (kg-CO2K7H

s 2EDUCTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY
consumption through use of
demand monitoring systems )NSTALLATION OF GREEN VEGETATION
curtains
s !WARENESS FOR DILIGENT ELECTRIC
energy savings 0RE SET OPERATION OF AGITATORS

12.6kwh/t(CO2: 4.90 (kg-CO2/kwh))×(Target value)
10.98kWh/t or less

Shipment of coagulant for
prevention of river water pollution:
710t (Target)

Equipment improvement to increase
production of coagulant

Equipment problems: 0
Coagulant shipments 606t
Manufacturing equipment improvement(July)△

Determination of adequate quantities
in cooperation with Desalination
Group. More diligent equipment andfacility management

Production of reclaiming nitricacid which induces prevention ofgreenhouse gas: 671t a year

Securing of amount of waste nitricacid accepted and stable operation ofequipment and facilities

Equipment problems: 0
Recycled nitric acid shipment: 507t△

Periodic maintenance service based on
equipment management plan to prevent
problems

Accurate management of waste
disposal

Reinforcement of manifest slip checking
system, when waste is accepted.

Ratio of incorrect entries in manifest slips
found 100%○

Produce an entry sample to eliminate
incorrect entries in slips.

-40

2

2004
(Base year)

RF shipped (10k tons)
Recycling ratio (%)

2012

2011

2010

2009

8.00

500,000-50

Fuel consumption of all vehicles (ℓ)
Total traveling distances of all vehicles (km)Reduction ratio in basic unit for energy
Target value for reduction ratio

Sakai SC Plant

0.0

82

2008

19

2012

Paper manifests
Electronic manifests
Diffusion ratio

2011

2010

2009

2008

0

5.0

8.50

Reduction ofenvironmental loadfrom transportation

Evaluation Tasks & Goals of 2013

6

-60

4.8

Promotion andutilization of newenergys 2 participants in “waste free operation”
s 4 participants in “Cleanup of the harbor”
s #LEANUP WORK IN LOCAL COMMUNITY AREAS(54 participated)

1,000,000-3084Encouragement ofenergy-conservation

0-10

1,500,000

9.00
10.0

Reduction of wastematerials

-1.0

8
-40

15.0

Keep the ecosystem/
biodiversity

Results

10

15,000
20.0

Reduction ofEnvironmental Load fromthe product supports

9.0

24.0
25.0

Prevention of waterand soil pollution

Operations

2,500,000
7.0 8.0

0.0

27.3

03/26/1993

Target To sequentially change waste
collection vehicles to vehicles with low
emissions of CO2 and to actively
promote energy-saving driving ofvehicles by installing electronictachographs. To thereby reduce CO2
emissions by 9% till 2012 comparedwith 2003 in terms of fuel consumption
per kilometer of total annual traveling
distances of all collection vehicles inbasic unit for energy.

30.0

11.00
35.0

20,000

2up

98.4

down

25,000(%)
100

Osaka Plant, Sakai SC Plant, RTT Ltd.

Changes in Reduction of Fuel Consumption

Reduction
ratio%

NumberKyushu Plant

Diffusion
ratio

1.6
up

(10k tons)
12.00

Date

Item Purposes & Goals

Activity results are supplied on page
19 to 24

Changes in Reduction inElectric Energy Consumption

Recycling
ratio

Prevention ofenvironmental pollution
by chemical materials

Environmental management activities 2012

Not accomplished. 24% reduced––

Changes in Amount of RF Shipment

Place

Osaka Plant

Changes in Number ofElectronic Manifests Received

Promotion of resource
circulations

Environmental activity in compliance with ISO 14001

Accomplished. 110,954 tons
produced

100,000 tons of production and more till 2010

4. Prevention of environmental
Promotion of environmental conservation by
pollution and implementation
EMS/OSHMS
of preventive measures

Changing climates/
Prevention of global
warming

Diffusion ratio 27.3%

Amount of RF manufactured(Basic unit for energy)

Social environmental challenges

Rematec’s principle for the environment

20

Environmental Activities

Environmental Management System

Environmental Activities

Material ﬂow of environment responsibilities in 2012

INPUT

Data on each work site in 2012

ProcessOUTPUTINPUTOUTPUT

Environmental performance data for RF production
Resources

1,118.7

CO2 Emission (t-CO )2

Light oil (KL)18.2

Kerosene (KL)70.5

Shipment of recyclables（t） 113,366

1,742,195

Electric (kWh)2,211.0

Industrial water (m )3Osaka /Kyushu / Sakai
Plants

1,905
507

Recycled
nitric acid
0.4%

Low level
fuel
1.7%

Recyclables

RF
Raw materials Quantity
32%
of input

97.9%

Acceptance

117,337t Industrial waste①＋②＋③＋
Ship Waste oil
68%

78,180Waste oil
SludgeWaste acid
Waste Alkali
Dusts
Waste plastic
Animal and plant
residual
Ashes
Metal pieces

45,48817,486
6,383
5,025
2,371
786

② Ship Waste oil (t)

1,442

Other
Waste Alkali 5%6%
Waste acid8%

Processing/RF production, etc.

Shipment

335
264
42

Industrial waste（t）①
Waste oil
SludgeWaste acid
Waste Alkali
Dusts
Waste plastic
Animal and plant
residual
Ashes
Waste metal
Ship Waste oil（t）②
Raw materials（t）
Recycled fuelC heavy oil
Calcium hydroxide
Kerosene (KL)
Caustic soda
Recycledhydrochloric acidSulfuric acid

Quantity ofindustrial waste
emission (t)1,508Quantity of recycled residue

1,222

Quantity of empty container
Waste plastic
Wooden waste
Paper scraps

286
222
47
17

Breakdown① Industrial waste (t)Analysis / Inspection(Ingredient, calories, etc.)

Sakai SCCO2 Emission (t-CO2)
Quantity of recyclables (t)Quantity of RF
production (t)Quantity of Low
level fuel (t)Quantity of Recycled
Sulfuric acid (t)Quantity of industrial
waste emission (t)Quantity of recycledresidue
Quantity of empty
container
Waste plastic
Waste metal
Wooden waste
Paper scraps
DebrisWaste glass
Valuable
metal waste (t)42,106
28,614
6,760
3,140
2,756
80
756

78,18045,48817,486
6,383
5,025
2,371
786

34,603
16,603
10,726
2,177
2,134
2,291
30

1,471
271
0
1,066
134
0
0

335

0

335

0

264
42
1,442
37,71537,641
40
34
0
0

0
0
0
19,746
19,746
0
0
0
0

264
42
1,442
17,935
17,895
40
0
0
0

0
0
0
34
0
0
34
0
0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Recycling ratio (%)

Recycling ratio (％) ==Quantity ofindustrial waste
emission

①＋②

Total

Light oil usage (KL)Osaka

Valuable
metal waste (t)1,385(10k tons)
18

1,199

16

Recycled fuelC heavy oil
Calcium hydroxide

37,641
40
34Light oil (KL)436.9

Returning to society as cement that isused in constructing buildings, houses,
roads and other social infrastructure.

59,60551,349

0

1,905

0

0

1,905

507

0

0

507

1,508

437

1,033

38

1,222

393

818

11

286

43

215

27

222
47
17
0
0
0

31
0
12
0
0
0

164
47
4
0
0
0

27
0
0
0
0
0

1,385

771

575

39

Total

Osaka

KyushuSakai SC

98.4

99.0

97.6

99.2

(Collected amount) – residue) x 100
Collected amount

Total

276.1

CO2 Emission (t-CO2)

1,098

1,119

Waste amount and recycling ratio(t-CO2)(10k tons)

1,400

10

1,200

15
14

1,000

902

13

800

12

Recycling ratio (%)

Collection / transportation
receiving / shipping

CO2 Emission (t-CO )
2

98.4%

1,127.1

11

600

10
9

400

8

200

7
6

2009

2010

Recycled nitric acid (t)RF Shipment (t)21

110,954

Kyushu

160.7

436.9

Recyclables amount and CO2 Emission

17

37,715

412.6
2,412

Sakai SC

Environmental performance data for collection/delivery

Quantity ofrecycled residue
81%

Waste oil57%

③ Raw materials (t)410.5
51,3491,508tShip Waste oil
2%

79,622t

Kyushu295.6
59,065(Collected waste – Empty Container) – recycled residue
x 100
Collected waste – Empty Container

Total ofaccepted waste
Sludge22%

Osaka

Calculation formula of recycling ratio

Quantity of
empty container
19%

Cementindustry

Total
1,118.7
113,366

Breakdown

113,366t

Kyushu（①＋②）

Breakdown

REMATEC

Raw material for RF
production

110,954

Shipment of RF（t）
Shipment of
low level fuel（t）
Shipment of recycled
nitric acid（t）

Osaka

26.6
7.8
13.9
4.9
Gasoline (KL)
18.2
6.5
9.1
2.6
Light oil (KL)
70.5
0
0.5
70
Kerosene (KL)1,742,195 579,703 672,921 489,571
Electricity (kWh)
2,211
0
0
2,211
Industrial water (m3)
Accepted waste（t）
79,622 42,106 36,045
1,471

Breakdown

26.6

Total

Customer

Resources

Gasoline (KL)

2011

2012

0

Low level fuel (t)CO2 Emission（t-CO2）

96.5

96.0

96.9

98.4 (%)
100

9

90

8

80

7

70

6

60

5

50

4

40

3

30

2

20

1

10

0

0

2009

2010

2011

2012

Amount of accepted waste (t)Recycling ratio (%)
Industrial waste emission (t)Osaka

Kyushu414.6

1,127.1

712.4

Light oil usage and CO2 Emissionin collection/ transportation(kL)(t-CO2)

600

1,400
1,185

1,190
1,092

550

1,127 1,200
1,000

500

800
450
600
400

400

350
300

200
2009

2010

Light oil usage (KL)

2011

2012

0

CO2 Emission (t-CO2)

22

Environmental Activities

Environmental Load Reduction Activities

Safety Activities

%

days

85

%

s One !CCIDENT THAT REQUIRE TIME OFF FROM WORK TEMPORARYEMPLOYEEs One !CCIDENT THROUGH NEAR INJURY SIMILARITY AS none×

4HE ACHIEVEMENT RATE OFPERSONAL GOALS FOR HEALTHHIGHER THAN 

s 3ETTING THE PERSONAL GOAL FOR HEALTH
s 0ROMOTING ACTIVITIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH

s 4HE ACHIEVEMENT RATE OF PERSONAL GOALS FOR HEALTH MARKED
85%
s 4HE RATE OF DOCTORS OBSERVATION NEEDED 62.5%○

s (EALTH GUIDANCE OF PERSONNEL REQUIRING
DOCTORS OBSERVATION BY AN INDUSTRIAL PHYSICIANOR OTHER EXPERTS
s %NCOURAGING EACH WORKER FOR CHECKUPSNo ACCIDENT BY THE
MALFUNCTION

s %QUIPMENT INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT
PLAN

s -ANUFACTURING 3ECTION 36 cases accomplisheds "USINESS /PERATION 3ECTION 12 cases accomplished○s +EEPING OF EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT LEDGER
s -ORE DILIGENT CHECKS AND MAINTENANCE
s -ORE DILIGENT MANAGEMENT OF REPLACEMENTPARTS ON STOCK

100% COMPLETED TRAINING
FOR EMERGENCY CASES

s 4RAINING PROVIDED ANTICIPATING EARTHQUAKE ANDTSUNAMI

s %VACUATION TRAINING PROVIDED○

s %VACUATION DRILLS FOR EARTHQUAKE AND 4SUNAMI

s No TRAFlC ACCIDENTS
CAUSING PROPERTYDAMAGE AND MINORCOLLISIONS
s No TRAFlC ACCIDENTS
CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH

s 4RAINING FOR PREDICTION OF RISK ON TRAFlC
s %NSURING SAFETY DURING FORKLIFT OPERATION

s No TRAFlC ACCIDENTS CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE IN OUR
PROPERTY
s No TRAFlC ACCIDENTS CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH○

s -UTUAL CAUTIONING AMONG WORKERS AND
OPERATORS TO PREVENT ACCIDENT
s 0REVENTION OF ACCIDENTS THROUGH PREDICTION OF
RISK ON TRAFlC

3AFETY ACCOMPLISHMENT

0ERFECT ZERO ACCIDENTS!WARDED 0ROGRESS !WARD OF *APAN )NDUSTRIAL
3AFETY  (EALTH !SSOCIATION  NO ACCIDENT DAYS-Y AREA MY MACHINE ACTIVITY-ORE DILIGENT IMPLEMENTATION OF 3 ACTIVITY;-ODEL JOB SITES ARE SELECTED IN OWN
ORGANIZATION AND ARE EVALUATED IN ACCORDANCEWITH A LIST OF CHECK ITEMS=;'OOD 0OINT="USINESS /PERATION 3ECTION HAS EXECUTED 3 ACTIVITY ANDLEVEL OF 3 IS MAINTAINED AND MANAGED;0OOR 0OINT=/RGANIZATIONS WITH POOR RESULTS IN 3 ACTIVITY HAVE NOMECHANISM FOR 3

,ACK OF AWARENESS FOR 3 AMONG MANAGERS
AND SUPERVISORS)MPLEMENTATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT
2EDUCTION OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PLACES2ISK ASSESSMENT IS CARRIED OUT WITHIN GROUPSWHEN WORK STANDARDS ARE REVIEWED;'OOD 0OINT=%ACH ORGANIZATION HAS EXECUTED  CASES AS PLANNED
;0OOR 0OINT=!NALYZED FACTORS ARE NOT EXAMINED DEEPLY 4HEREFORE MOST
OF COUNTERMEASURES ARE COUNTERMEASURES FOR MANAGERIALPURPOSES

0ATROL BY PLANT MANAGER-ONTHLY BY PLANT MANAGER AND SECRETARIAT
3ECTION MANAGERS SUBSECTION MANAGERS AND
SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS PATROL BY ROTATION;'OOD 0OINT=*OB SITES ARE PATROLLED EVERY MONTH (Corrective action
items: 85);0OOR 0OINT=#ORRECTIVE ACTIONS ON 3 ACTIVITY are many, 70%,ACK OF INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS FOR 3 STANDS FOR
POOR MANAGEMENT

3KILL TRAINING

4RAINING PROVIDED EVERY MONTH
Participation by 96% of personnel EVERY MONTH INCLUDINGEMPLOYEES OF SUBCONTRACTORS

4RAINING IS NOT ONE WAY TRAINING BY SECRETARIAT
3OME PERSONNEL DO NOT UNDERSTAND ADEQUATELY
WHEN QUESTIONS ARE ASKED EVEN THOUGH THEREARE PERSONS WHO CORRECTLY UNDERSTAND THE
TRAINING CURRICULA

Safety'ENERAL lRE DRILLS CARRIEDOUT-ENTAL SELF CHECK IS MADE

3ELF CHECKS MADE IN *UNE AND 3EPTEMBER$ISSEMINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH CRITERIA$ISSEMINATION WAS MADE IN /CTOBER DURING TRAINING BY
SECRETARIAT

3PONSORING OF HEALTH SPORTS MEETING-INI VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION SPONSORED IN *UNE 
PARTICIPANTS%MERGENCY DRILL TRAINING IS PROVIDED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
CORPORATE BUILDING/RDERLINESS AND TIDINESS AROUND PROCESSING AREA"ETTER UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS THE MEANING OFRISK MANAGEMENT LIST AND SUBMISSION

!CCOMPLISHMENT RATIO OF TARGET OF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS 87.0%

Transportation○

4O STUDY AUTOMATION OF DRUM YARD AND DRUMPRESS WORK AND TO STUDY AUTOMATION PLAN *ULY△-AJOR CHALLENGE IS THAT NO CONSISTENCYWAS DEMONSTRATED IN ISSUING INSTRUCTIONSORGANIZATION INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY AND OTHERELEMENTS WHEN SMOKE WAS EMITTED IN
BASEMENT EXHIBITING POOR RESULT OF TRAINING

×#AUSED BY LACK OF CONlRMATION AND CHECKS

×

7ORK RELATED ACCIDENTS 0
s +EEPING OF WRITTEN PROCEDURES 0REPARATION
AND REVIEWS
s #HECK OF RULE COMPLIANCEs )MPLEMENTATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT○!CCOMPLISHMENT RATIO OF TARGET OF HEALTHYINDIVIDUALS 85%
s 2EVIEW OF TARGETS OF INDIVIDUALS BASED ON
HEALTH GUIDANCE
s %DUCATION BY INDUSTRIAL PHYSICIANS○%VACUATION DRILL INCLUDING PREPAREDNESS FOR
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI AND SECURING THE
PERSONAL SAFETY○!CCIDENTS 0 VIOLATIONS 0
s 4HOROUGHNESS IN DEFENSIVE DRIVING IN FACE OF
INCREASE IN TRAFlC AROUND PLANT#ANCELLED DUE TO DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFlCES)MPROVEMENT MADE IN -AY
7 cases OF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR OTHER VEHICLE INCLUDING
TRAFlC ACCIDENTS THROUGH OWN NEGLIGENCE

4RAFlC ACCIDENTS AND
VIOLATIONS ,ESS THAN 3
cases$ANGER AVOIDANCE DRIVING$AMAGE TO VEHICLE 1 case
$AMAGE TO EQUIPMENT 3 cases!DEQUATE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT
SafetyNo WORK RELATEDACCIDENTS

hygiene activities since then, and there have been no
further accidents.
Health!CCOMPLISHMENT RATIOOF TARGET OF HEALTHYINDIVIDUALS  OR HIGHER

Preventionof Disaster

0REPARATIONS FOR DISASTERSINCLUDING EARTHQUAKE

Transportation

No-accident commendation)MPLEMENTATION OF 3 ACTIVITY ROUTINE)MPLEMENTATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT

Sakai SC Plant

No-accident certiﬁcate

23!CCOMPLISHMENT RATIOOF TARGET OF HEALTHYINDIVIDUALS 85% OR HIGHER◎

4RAFlC ACCIDENTS THROUGH OWN NEGLIGENCE 3 cases

Progress Award (Type 2) awarded by Japan
Industrial Safety & Health Association (JISHA)On July 6, 2013, Kyushu Plant accomplished 1,600
days without accidents and was awarded the ProgressAward (Type 2) by the Japan Industrial Safety & Health
Association in recognition of this accomplishment. The
ﬁrst no-accident day started on February 17, 2009 whenan accident that requires time off from work took place. In
October 2009, the Japan Industrial Safety & Health
Association approved the Kyushu Plant as a plantcertified under the OSHMS system (JISHA-type) and all
members of the plant participated in occupational and

4ARGET OF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS IS REmECTED ON
HEALTH DIAGNOSIS RESULTPreventionof Disaster

accidents?” As asafety lecture, Mr.
Kontani, directorof Ofunato Operations of REMATEC
To h o k u B r a n c hreported on the“Importance ofsafety activities
learned throughCompanywide safety and hygiene meetingthe disposal ofdisaster waste and debris in Tohoku.”

HealthThe 17th Companywide Safety and Hygiene Meeting
was held in a new ofﬁce of the Kyushu Plant attended by
42 personnel, which is the largest number of participantsso far.
The meeting was designed to take measures for theweathering of a serious disaster such as the one that took
place on July 28, 1997. The ﬁrst meeting was held in July
2005 at Kyushu Plant and in November at Osaka Plant. In
the past eight years, two meetings have been held eachyear. At the 17th meeting, the safety secretariats
in individual organizations made overall reports andreports on case activities. A group discussion theme was“Why don’t risk assessment activities produce zero

!CCIDENTS 0

Kyushu Plant

Companywide Safety and Hygiene
Meeting

Tasks & Goal of 2013s 2EVIEWING OF THE PROCEDURE MANUAL AND
DISSEMINATION OF RULES
s %NHANCE PATROL BY THE MANAGER

Rematec’s principles for safety and health
REMATEC recognizes the responsibilities and tasks
required to contribute to society and to secure precise
safety/health standards for all employees through therecycling business; therefore, under the basic principles ofhuman rights, we pursue activities that establish “Safetyﬁrst” and a “Pleasant work environment”.

Evaluations No ACCIDENTS THATREQUIRE TIME OFF FROMWORKs No WORK RELATEDACCIDENT BY SIMILAR WORKTransportation

100 1,600

Accomplishment of health target

Results

Preventionof DisasterNo accidents

Plans

s !CCOMPLISHMENT OF ZERO ACCIDENTS
s #REATING A PROCEDURE MANUAL REVIEW AND
TRAININGs )MPROVEMENT KAIZEN ACTIVITIES THROUGH
ACTIVITIES CONTAINED IN A PROPOSAL FOR
IMPROVEMENTS

Sakai SC Plant

Osaka Plant

Training to cope with contingency provided

Purposes & Goals

HealthKyushu Plant

Plant Item

SafetyOsaka Plant

Safety and Health activities in 2012

4RAFlC ACCIDENTS AND
VIOLATIONS
0 CASES!CCOMPLISHMENT OF TARGETS OF INDIVIDUALS ON
HEALTH

1 accident THAT REQUIRE TIME OFF FROM WORK AND NEARLY INJURY
,IGHT CHEMICAL INJURY BY ACID
→ ,ACK OF THOROUGH DILIGENCE TO OBSERVE WORK PROCEDURES

4HE ACHIEVEMENT RATE OF PERSONAL GOALS FOR HEALTH MARKED
85%(EALTH GUIDANCE BY INDUSTRIAL PHYSICIANS
2EADING OF EVACUATION APPARATUSES AND
EMERGENCY FOOD

0URCHASED EVACUATION APPARATUSES EMERGENCY FOOD AND
OTHER ITEMS FOR  DAYS%VACUATION DRILLS%VACUATION DRILL CONDUCTED *AN 4RAINING FOR PREDICTION OF RISK ON TRAFlC!PPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ON
TRAFlC DANGER AND OTHER MATTERS FOR IN HOUSEORGANIZATIONS!CCIDENTS 0 VIOLATIONS 0

24

Safety Activities

Occupational Safety and
Health Management System (OSHMS)

Financial and Personnel Activities

Year-on-Year Changes in Sales
140

130

5

% increase

100

%

40

32

40

40
30

20

31

0

20

years old

(Persons) 71

02008 2009 2010 2011 2012

60

Year-on-Year Changes in Current Proﬁt

20

500
50

82

2008 2009

2010

29
0

10s 2 employees

Number of Employees
by Age Bracket

60s

14

2011 2012

25 years or less683

6

20 years or more

1,000

8

15 years or more

25

0

1,500

20

17
11

10

employees
50s

20s

26 employees

30

employees

40s

43

173 employees
at end ofMarch 2013 30s

58

employees

employees

Two Future Learning Centers“Mirai-jyuku” Opened

measured after training and other ideas and plans
are provided, enjoying a good reputation among
the employees.

30

10 years or more

The “Innovation Club” is an education andtraining service provided by the group of Deloite
Touche Tohmatsu LLC, a leading audit corporation.
While the REMATEC Future Learning Center isdesigned to develop personnel of the next
generation who can grasp the changes of thetimes and explore issues, the Innovation Club is a
training system designed to upgrade the individual
human powers of all employees from new
employees to managers, which started in April
2013.
Versatile themes can be selected for employee
layers and job categories. In addition to receiving
training at two venues, Tokyo and Osaka, training
can be received through the Internet, allowing theemployees of the Kyushu and Tohoku branches
also to receive training. Work groups with trainees
from other companies are formed, effects are

40

40

2,356

5 years or more

Kickoff of “Innovation Club”

50

3 years or more

U Enhancement of education and training
managerial layer as a key element inpersonnel development
U Creating an environment where all employees
can grow
U Mechanism for circulation of “Beneﬁts →Development → Evaluation → Beneﬁts”
U Enhanced education and training new
employees and young employees
U Ensuring equal opportunities to receive(proper) training
U Providing opportunities for
self-enlightenment

70

3 years or less

Consultation ofindividual performancewith supervisors

Rotation of education andtraining by company andlearning by employees
themselves to raise
employee ability andcompetence

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Length of Service in Years

An education and training system (humanresource development system) was
implemented in April 2013, in tune with thestart of new HR (new beneﬁt system and new
evaluation system).

Development system

140

60

60

Average age

140

80

2,000

Evaluation system

143
129

149

100

80

Concept of Education and Training System Supporting Growth

Job
Activities

173

180

120

84

(In million yen)

Deciding wage, salary,promotion and job title
in accordancewith evaluation200

140 130

2,500

Employeebenefits system

Year-on-Year Changes in Number of Employees

160

Length of service more than 20 years

Number of employees

Personnel Data
(Persons)(In hundred million yen)

120

13

Financial and Personnel Activities

Financial Data

Developing Human Resources Means
Supporting the Next Generation

The REMATEC Future Learning Center started
in 2009 provides in-house training to those whowish to receive training. The training themes
include learning, skill upgrading, communication,
discussion, presentations, self-enlightenment andfostering of curiosity.
Thirteen and eleven employees graduated fromthe first and second classes respectively and are
active in supporting the reconstruction of the
Tohoku region in various projects including offshore
projects. The center has a significance indeveloping human resources. Thirteen employees
graduated in the third class. Eight training camps
are planned for two years, to train humanresources with a focus on young employees whowill support the next generations.
In expectation of creating new environmental
businesses and innovations, REMATEC opened

the new Future Learning Center Tokyo in 2013. Asa venue for understanding REMATEC’s businesses
in a short time for the employees of REMATEC
Tokyo Branch that opened in 2012 and for other
employees, the center plans to provide six lectures
per year.
The ﬁrst joint training was provided in October
2013, merging the “Operation Engineering” ofClass-3 graduates and the “Project Planning Skills”
of students of the Tokyo Learning Center, while
discussing at thesame time and in
the same venue.
The graduates of
the Future Learning
Centers are expected to be activein various fields inthe future.

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Communication with Stakeholders

Stakeholders’ Opinions
Cooperatively Undertaking CSR Activities,
Wishing to Play a Role as the Public
Instrument

Eco-First Companies in Kansai Join
Volunteer Activities to Expel and
Fish Non-Native Fish in Lake Biwa
In September 2013, nine Eco-First companies
headquartered in the Kansai region sponsored avolunteer fishing activity to expel non-native fish thatare increasing in Lake Biwa. The activity is intended tohave more people understood the problem of nonnative species that change the rich ecosystem in Lake
Biwa. A total of 197 people participated in the activity,
including the employees of the nine companies andtheir family members, 50 children included, as well as
33 employees of REMATEC. They ﬁshed 581 non-nativefish while enjoying fishing and competing for fishinghauls.
The event was very popular among the participants
who commented “Children were happy” and “We had
an enjoyable time.” The event was the first try, butbecame a wonderful event for the nine Eco-First
companies in a harmonious atmosphere.

Director, CSR Oﬃce, Corporate
Communication Department
Sekisui House, Ltd.

Mr. Yuki HIrose

REMATEC is Leading the Transfer ofEnvironmental Technology and Knowhow to Thailand

Planting Flower with Local
Residents in Nearby Community
In July 2013, ﬂowers were planted in a ﬂower garden
located along National Route 502 near the Kyushu
Plant of REMATEC by seven residents from the nearby
Kinohara district and 17 employees of REMATEC. In the
hot summer weather, 500 marigolds and 500 red salvias
were planted to make the ﬂower garden more colorful.
The garden will continuously be tended in cooperation
with the community to soothe the minds of passers-by.

Director, Commerce
Department, Kinki Regional
Economy and Industry Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry

On June 7, 2012, the Kinki Regional Economy and Industry
Bureau and Kansai Asia Environmental and Energy-saving Business
Interchange Promotion Forum (Team E-Kansai) signed a cooperative document for the formation of an environmentally-friendly
industrial estate model in the Amata Nakom Industrial Estate with
the Industry Bureau, Industry Ministry of Thailand (DIW), Thai
Industrial Estate Public Corporation (IEAT) and Amata Co.

Expectations Are Set on Further Evolutionof Environmental Business toward Sound
Material-cycle Society

In March 2013, sponsored by Osaka Prefecture, the 10th Tree
Planting Festival in Forest of Symbiosis was held in Zone 7-3 of Sakai
Industrial Waste Disposal Site facing Osaka Bay. Employees of REMATEC
and their family members totaling eleven participated in the event asvolunteers. This event is held every year and participated in by personnel
from NPOs, corporations and local governments. Even though it was
windy and cold, all the participants became as one to plant trees.

At the beginning of 2000, the Kyushu Plant has been sponsoring the“Close-rapport Ground Golf Competition,” inviting residents from thelocal communities annually.
253 residents participated in the 14th competition in Tsukumi City in
April 2013. Conversations were carried out merrily with a mixture of joy
and anxiety in controlling the ball on an unfamiliar ground.

15th Community Interchange Meeting
In September 2013, a community exchange meeting was sponsoredat the Kyushu Plant, marking the 15th meeting. Unfortunately, it was
drizzling all day, but as many as 155 residents participated in the event.
The participants toured a new ofﬁce built in September, and enjoyed themeeting greatly.

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The Kinki Regional Economy and Industry Bureau is in chargeof a project to form an environmentally-friendly industrial estatemodel through the cooperation of public and private sectors ofThailand and the Kansai region in Japan. REMATEC is a leader ofthis project, contributing to the transfer of the environmental
technology and know-how of Japan to Thailand.
The project is one of the pioneer activities to explore
environmental business outside of Japan through the cooperationof the public and private sectors.

Mr. Hironori MochikiParticipation in 10th Tree Planting Festival in Forest of
Symbiosis

14th Close-rapport Ground Golf Competition

For many years, REMATEC Corporation has been disposing ofindustrial waste emitted by our Ritto Resource Recycling Center in
Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture. REMATEC is active in expanding the
production of reclaimed fuel from industrial waste and in improving
the recycling ratio to reduce the consumption of natural resources,
thus contributing to forming a circulation-type society. It is also apleasure for our company to be working together with REMATEC
as a business partner because our company is aiming to build
houses while reducing consumption of limited resources to aminimum.
Both REMATEC and our company have been certiﬁed as “EcoFirst” corporations by the Ministry of Environment. Our two
companies headquarter in the Kansai Region and actively exchange
information each other. By working together in social contribution
activities aside from business activities, I wish to further play ourrole as a public function of the society together.

Head, Miakomatsu District,
Notsumachi, Usuki City

Mr. Hiromi Fujishima

I have been involved in the agricultural industry in this districtfor 30 years. During this period, the social situation greatlychanged, and now waste is considered as a resource. REMATEC
has been operating a plant in this district for 25 years. Despite
facing difﬁculties, the company has steadfastly built a relationshipof trust with the local community and has expanded its business
operations. It was indeed memorable that the company completed
a new ofﬁce in September this year.
It must be very difficult to perfectly remove offensive smells
when handling industrial waste. However, REMATEC patrols thearea every week to detect offensive smells, listening to the voicesof local residents if any offensive smells are emitted and taking
speedy action on a priority basis. We can now engage in
agricultural work without caring about offensive smells at all. We
wish for the continuation of their activities.
REMATEC is also very diligent in safety training. Keeping in
mind “coexistence and co-prosperity” with the local community,
the employees of REMATEC have cleaned areas along national
highways and weeds in forests every month for about a dozen
years in an activity to improve the environment in the region.
The further growth of REMATEC Corporation is envisioned.

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Communication with Stakeholders

Contribution to Community

I have read the final galley proof of REMATEC’s
CSR Report, which becomes the 14th issue this year,with great interest and expectations.
First, the special section “Locus of Support for
Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake,” REMATEC’s effort in contribution to therestoration and reconstruction of Ofunato City andRikuzen-Takata City describes the aspirations of
employees, as well as all technology. REMATEC’s
mind is well represented by corporate ideas, social
responsibility, sincerity and challenging spirit. The
objectives of REMATEC are to build an environmental system to recycle debris that is used forreconstruction by using accumulated technology notjust merely disposing of debris, but also creating
sustainable regions. These objectives also give thehighest priority to cooperation with the communities
and to employment of local residents. I feel thatthese objectives of REMATEC indeed embody theimage of the REMATEC mind itself. We are very
proud that Vice-President Yasunori Tanaka and graduates of REMATEC’s Future Learning Center "Miraijyuku", who will be supporting the next generation of
REMATEC, are in the center of these projects as wehave been involved with the Future Learning Centerand ha v e continued to watch the growth of
REMATEC.
The latest issue features the keywords of three“Returns” - Returns to resources, nature and society.
It reports on REMATEC's achievement of the higher
efficiency in the production of RF fuel, a corebusiness of REMATEC, and support to building
elements in new emerging economies including
Thailand. REMATEC challenges renewable energy
business to cope with resource depletion and global
warming, using its past experience and technology.
These activities have evolved from waste disposal toresource circulation. It will be interesting to see thefuture evolution of “Innovation for the Earth” throughthese activities.

Company ProﬁleOn the other hand, I
am concerned that there
are quite a few signs “△s”
and “×s” in the plan achievement for both environmental management
activity and safety andhygiene activity in thereport in terms of accomplishments. Especially inthe safety field, a minor
Environment anderror sometimes causes a Co-Representative,
Civilization 21, NPOmajor accident.
Ms. Konoe Fujimura
The integration ofplanning and job site workis the essence of REMATEC. It is hoped that
REMATEC will deal with the matter and will improve itwith sincerity found in REMATEC mind that a solid
foothold is the source of evolution. It is regrettablethat less consideration is given to the report readers
such as using larger characters and reducing thenumber of characters, that fewer on-site voices arereported while there are more opinions of outside
people and that the fields in which REMATEC
challenges with an emphasis are less conspicuous,compared with the previous issues. Further, it ishoped that the range of reports on activities toreduce environmental loads will be expanded as
REMATEC’s business grows.
REMATEC is also entering times of change. An
expansion of business scale and increase of
employees are opportunities, but also risks. The
environment of the Earth is expected to be increasingly severe. It is hoped that REMATEC willcontinue to boldly propose an integrated model ofthe environment and economy as the environmentally
integrated company, seeking qualitative rather than aquantitative growth.

Tohoku Branch

Sakai SC Plant
Kyushu Branch
and Plant

Tokyo Branch

Headquarters
and Osaka Plant

Foundation: 10 November, 1974
Capital: 100 million Yen
Number of employees: 173 (as of March 31, 2013)
Correspondent banks: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Development Bank of Japan, The Shoko Chukin Bank, The Bank of Iwate, Oita Bank
Main business:

Industrial Waste: Processing/Collection/Transportation
Tank Cleaning
Plant Designing/Construction

Environmental Business Consultation/Technical Training/Mechanical Training
Recycled Products Distribution
Recycle Engineering

REMATEC Corporation

Group corporations

http://www.rematec.co.jp
Headquarters and 11-1 Jizohama-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0015, Japan
Osaka Plant Tel: +81-72-438-6434/Fax: +81-72-422-3617
Kyushu Plant 906 Oaza-Tohara, Nozu-cho, Usuki-shi, Oita
875-0211, Japan
Tel: +81-974-32-7721/Fax: +81-974-32-7731
Sakai SC Plant 4-2-4 Chikko-Shinmachi, Nishi-ku Sakai-shi, Osaka
592-8331, Japan
Tel: +81-72-280-0525/Fax: +81-72-280-0526
Tokyo Branch 10F Nittochi-Uchi-saiwaicho, Buliding, 1-2-1 Uchi-saiwai-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3503-7030/Fax: +81-3-3503-7033
Tohoku Branch 3F Odori Buliding, 1-6-19 Odori Morioka-shi, Iwate
020-0022, Japan
Tel: +81-19-681-7391/Fax: +81-19-681-6392
Hon-machi Ofﬁce 7F Hon-machi Heisei Building, 1-2-12 Itachibori Nishi-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 550-0012, Japan
Tel:+81-6-6532-0722/Fax:+81-6-6532-0566
Fujiwara Ofﬁce 1361-1 Oaza-Higashi zenji, Fujiwara-cho, Inabe-shi, Mie
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Fujiwara plant
511-0515, Japan
Tel: 0594-46-4544/Fax: 0594-46-4544
Nanko Ofﬁce 7 Nanko minami, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
KEPCO Nanko Power Station
559-0032, Japan
Tel: 06-6613-7761/Fax: 06-6613-7761

After Reading Opinions from the Third Parties
Thank you very much for the valuable opinions contributed each year since the ﬁrst report wasissued.
As this year marks the ﬁnal year of the project for support of reconstruction from the Great East
Japan Earthquake, this issue features the second installment of the feature article series. I
appreciate the very favorable evaluation of this project as a reward for the employees working in the
project at the site and for their family members and other employees working in far places whobacked them up. Continuously reﬁning its “Project Planning Skills,” “Accumulated Technology” and“Operation Engineering,” which are the strengths of the Company, we will strive to carry out ourbusiness activities.
Considering that a deﬁciency in our activities will cause a major disaster and increase in theEnvironmental Load in the worst-case scenario as pointed out in the comments on “environmental
management” and “safety management,” which are the core of CSR of the Company, I strongly feelthat it is necessary to further reinforce our activities, underlining our own heartfelt opinions.
Smaller characters are used and fewer items are printed in this report to balance the volume of
information and the number of pages. Fewer voices of job sites are printed compared with theprevious issues to allow more space for the opinions of the third parties. We will embody thesecomments in producing future reports that are easier to understand and to read.

Company Profile

Opinion from the Third Party

Tsukumi Ofﬁce 2303 Aza-Tsumurogi, Oaza-Toku ura, Tsukumi-shi, Oita
879-2474, Japan
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Oita Plant Tsukumi Plant
Tel: 0972-82-9055/Fax: 0972-82-7025
Ofunato Ofﬁce 2-3 Kameida, Akasaki-cho, Ofunato-shi, Iwate
020-0007, Japan
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Ofunato Plant
Tel: +81-192-47-3526
Fax: +81-192-47-3527

REMATEC Tohoku Corporation
2-3 Kameida, Akasaki-cho, Ofunato-shi, Iwate
020-0007, Japan
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Ofunato Plant
Tel: +81-192-47-3526
Fax: +81-192-47-3527
REMATEC Clean Co., Ltd.
http://www.rematec.co.jp/rematec_clean/
2F Wako-Building, 1-9-23 Yanagi-cho Moji-ku Kitakyusyu-shi,
Fukuoka 800-0025, Japan
Tel: +81-93-371-3340
Fax: +81-93-371-3074
RTT Corporation
http://www.rematec.co.jp/rtt/s (EADQUARTERS    #HIKKO 3HINMACHI .ISHI KU 3AKAI SHI /SAKA
592-8331, Japan
Tel: +81-72-280-0672
Fax: +81-72-280-0673
s +YUSHU "RANCH  /AZA 4OHARA .OZU CHO 5SUKI SHI /ITA
875-0211, Japan
Tel: +81-974-32-7820
Fax: +81-974-32-7821

Afﬁliated company
TRY-S Co., Ltd.
18 Takumi-cho Sakai-ku Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0908, Japan
Tel: +81-72-320-9238
Fax: +81-72-320-9239

Certiﬁed as an excellent waste treatment company by Authorization System

Executive Managing Director,
REMATEC Corporation

Mr. Hisakazu Chujo

What is the Authorization System for excellent waste treatment companies?
4HE EVALUATING SYSTEM FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF EXCELLENT WASTE TREATMENT COMPANIES THAT PASSES ALL INSPECTION AND QUALIlCATIONS 1UALIlCATION STANDARDS ARE BELOW
1. Experiences and compliances .O RECORD OF BEING SUBJECTED TO A SPECIlED
disadvantageous measure during the effective period of
a license for industrial waste management business inthe past. (Five years retroactive to application date when
OBTAINING CONlRMATION AS A GOOD OPERATOR 
2. Disclosure of Businesses
Information that is closely related to the disposal ofindustrial waste is widely made public through a website
on the Internet.

3. Environmental efforts
4. Data manifests
5. Soundness of ﬁnanceThe candidate must have a grant from either ISO14001 or
EcoAction 21
A member of the electronic manifest system and electronic
manifests can be used.
The candidate must be able to indicate the soundness of all
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