PWMI NewsletterNO

50 2021.3

Plastic Waste Management InstituteJAPAN

Plastic Products, Plastic Waste andResource Recovery [2019]
Background information and notes on the publication of the Flowchartof Plastic Products, Plastic Waste and Resource Recovery (2019)

This fiscal year, to improve the accuracy of the Flowchart of
Plastic Products, Plastic Waste and Resource Recovery, Plastic
Waste and Resource Recovery, the following improvements andassessments were performed.
(1) Revision of the amount of domestic plastics products consumption
The amount of domestic plastics products consumption has been
calculated using a material-balance approach from the upstreamside of the flowchart based on various statistical quantities. Thistime, we put this amount to a test by adding up the amount ofplastics for every individual product domestically consumed (inother words, from the downstream side of the flowchart). We
confirmed that both sets of data for products in each demandgenerating field generally agreed. On the other hand, in past
flowcharts, the amount of imported PET resin for non-targeted“fiber” applications (making up about one half of PET resin
imports) had not been subtracted, so it became clear that theamount of domestic plastics products consumption had been
overestimated. We therefore made a revision for this in the 2019
PWMI flowchart. Additionally, in the calculation of domestic
plastic input in past flowcharts, we had been correcting for the
inflow of resin included in imported products for only four types
of home appliances, but this time, we corrected for this inflow forother home appliances as well based on recent test results(resulting in an additional 150 kt).
(2) Updating of coefficient related to processing waste
The amount of processing waste at the time of resin productprocessing discharged directly from factories had been calculatedby the following formula: (amount of resin material used byprocessors and manufacturers) × (processing waste ratio).

However, continuing on from the update to the processing waste
ratio made last fiscal year, we updated this ratio again based on the
results of a questionnaire-based survey. The new processing waste
ratio is 7.3%, somewhat higher than the past figure of 6.1%. The
reasons given for having to make this update are that the volume
of defective articles at the time of processing is increasing as
products become increasingly complex and that some products canno longer be reused as resin material in processing due to the trend
toward highly composite products. In addition, while mostprocessing-waste products are used in mechanical recycling, thatratio has also been updated to 58% from the past figure of 100%.
As described above, we continued our studies from last fiscal
year on improving accuracy in the flowchart. As a result, weconsider that this 2019 PWMI flowchart has been prepared using
the latest and most accurate data (coefficients, etc.) to date.
However, the values of the 2019 flowchart prepared using up-todate data do not maintain continuity with the values of the 2018
and prior flowcharts. To therefore clarify the transitions in plastic
disposal and recovery conditions, we recalculated the values in the
flowcharts of the past four years as far back as 2015, a period towhich we consider the latest data to be applicable, and thencompared those values over those years.
Moreover, in past flowcharts, despite the fact that gasification
products were used for either chemical materials or fuel, all were
included in feedstock recycling. However, from April 2019 on,
given that gasification (fuel use) lost its approval as a productrecycling method in the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law,it was decided to divide the amount of use according to gasification
application from the 2019 flowchart on, and for the case of fuel asgasification application, to include that amount in energy recovery.

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2019 Highlights(1) For 2019, resin production and domestic plastics products consumption were 10,504 kt and 9,393 kt, respectively.
(2) Total plastic waste discharge was 8,501 kt.
(3) Effectively used plastic waste was 7,255 kt making for an effective plastic utilization rate of 85%.

Resin production for 2019 decreased from the previous year to10, 504 kt (-169 kt relative to 2018; -1.6%). In addition, resin
export increased to 4,261 kt (+172 kt; +4.2%) while resin importdecreased to 2,492 kt (-167 kt; -6.3%). At the same time, theamount of mechanical recycling products (reclaimed products)
produced in the previous year that are thought to have been
domestically distributed this year increased significantly to 911 kt(+492 kt; +117.4%) due to a decrease in exports. These figuresessentially canceled each other out so that domestic plastics
products consumption was nearly the same as the previous year at
9,393 kt (+75 kt; +0.8%). In addition, total plastic waste discharge
hardly changed from the previous year at 8,501 kt (-113 kt; -1.3%).
On breaking down total plastic waste discharge, domestic (general)plastic waste continued its year-on-year increase to 4,119 kt (+70kt, +1.7%) due, in part, to a gradual increase in recent years in the
consumption of containers and packaging (having a short productlifetime). Industrial waste, on the other hand, decreased to 4,382 kt(-183 kt, -4.0%).
In terms of disposal and recovery methods, mechanical recycling
decreased to 1,857 kt (-19 kt; -1.0%), feedstock recycling *1
increased to 267 kt (+12 kt; +4.7%), and energy recovery*2
increased in total to 5,131 kt (+59 kt; +1.2%). As a result, effective
plastic utilization increased slightly from the previous year to 7,255

kt (+52 kt; +0.7%). Here, one reason that can be given for thedecrease in mechanical recycling is that resource recovery from
PET bottle waste decreased. At the same time, the non-utilized
plastic waste by simple incineration or by landfilling decreased to1,246 kt (-165 kt, -11.7%). The percentage contributions to theeffective plastic utilization rate by mechanical recycling, feedstock
recycling, and energy recovery were consequently 22%, 3%, and60%, respectively, resulting in an overall two-point jump from theprevious year to 85%. We consider that this increase in effective
plastic utilization rate is largely due to in increase in incineration ofdomestic waste and especially incineration with power generation(= decrease in landfilling) and an increase in the use of industrial
waste as cement material and fuel.
The export of recycled materials and products that constitute alarge percentage of mechanical recycling decreased again from theprevious year to 794 kt (-111 kt; -12.3%) due to stricter importregulations imposed on plastic waste by China from 2018.
*1:feedstock recycling = blast/coke furnaces + gasification(chemical materialuse) + liquefaction*2:energy recovery = gasfication(fuel use)+densified-refuse derived fuel and cement
material/fuel + incineration with power generation + incineration with heatutilization facility

Explanation of flowchart items(1) Resin production, resin processing,and marketing of products
1-1 Resin production

・This figure was estimated on the basis of chemical-industry

statistics from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI). Note that (synthetic) resin does not include synthetic
rubber or synthetic fiber.
1-2 Reclaimed products
・For convenience sake, this figure was estimated assuming thatthe previous year’s recycled products (domestically used portion)
are used in the current year while taking figures for export andimport of plastic waste into account.
1-3 Domestic plastic products consumption
・(domestic plastic products consumption) = (resin production) –{(resin export) – (resin import)} – (liquid resin, etc.) – {(resin
processing waste) – (reclaimed products)} – {(product export) –(product import)}
・Resin export/import figures are based on trade statistics from the
Ministry of Finance.

2

・Figures for liquid resin, etc. such as additives and paints that falloutside the scope of plastic waste at the time of discharge arebased on chemical-industry statistics from METI.
・Figures for plastic product export and import are based on trade
statistics from the Ministry of Finance.
・Resin processing waste refers to discharged waste from theprocessing step that is not turned into products.
1-4 Domestic plastic input
・( d o m e s t i c p l a s t i c i n p u t ) = ( d o m e s t i c p l a s t i c p r o d u c t s
consumption) – {(exported plastic parts from assembled
products) – (imported plastic parts from assembled products)}
・Assembled products: automobiles, home appliances (televisions,refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, washing machines anddryers)・Number of exported/imported assembled products: Automobile
figures were determined from an automobile database (Japan
Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)); home
appliance figures were based on “Current Production Statistics”
from METI.

(2) Discharge
2-1 Post-use products discharge
・This figure is calculated by a PWMI estimation system based on
domestic plastic input by demand-generating fields and by resin
type (usage quantities have been calculated annually from 1976)
and on a new product discharge model by demand-generating
fields (“100-year discharge model” formulated by PWMI in2017).
・・Since the export of used automobiles or used home appliances
affects post-use products discharge in Japan, corrections weremade to plastic waste discharge in the transport industry or theelectronics/electronic-equipment industry. Here, the number ofexported used automobiles was based on data released by theJapan Automobile Dealers Association while the number ofexported used home appliances was based on “2017 Flow
Estimation Results” in the “Current State of the Implementationof Recycling Based on the Home Appliances Recycling Act”
prepared by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE).
・Discharge ratios for domestic waste and industrial waste were
estimated using a new product discharge model by demandgenerating fields (formulated by PWMI in 2017).
2-2 Production and processing waste discharge
・Amount of resin production waste (resin discharged as waste in
the resin-production stage) is not included in the amount of resin
production. The amount of resin production waste and amountof resin processing waste were each estimated using a prescribed
waste ratio.In addition, we used a new value for the productionwaste ratio calculated from the results of the survey conductedby PWMI in fiscal year 2018.
2-3 Total plastic waste discharge
・(total plastic waste discharge) = (post-use products discharge) +(resin production waste) + (resin processing waste)
2-4 Breakdown of total plastic waste discharge by resin type・These breakdown figures were estimated from amounts of postuse products discharge, production and processing waste
discharge, resin production, etc.
(3) Disposal and recovery
3-1 Mechanical recycling
・Figures for the mechanical recycling of domestic plastic
waste were based on the weight of collected PET bottles(The Council for PET Bottle Recycling) and weight ofcollected white trays (Japan Plastic Food Container
Industry Association), and figures for the mechanicalrecycling of other plastic containers and packaging as
specified by the Containers and Packaging Recycling
Law were based on data released by The Japan
Containers And Packaging Recycling Association.
Residual amounts after the mechanical recycling of otherplastic containers and packaging were allocated todensified-refuse derived fuel using figures released by
The Japan Containers And Packaging Recycling
Association as coefficients.
・Figures for the mechanical recycling of industrial plastic
waste were determined by deducting the amount of
mechanical recycling of domestic plastic waste from thetotal amount of mechanical recycling using statistics
from industry associations and the results ofquestionnaires sent to recycling companies. Furthermore,
based on the results of the survey conducted in 2018, theamount of mechanically recycled production waste was
set to approximately 70% from the 2018 flowchart on
while the amount of mechanically recycled processing
waste was set to approximately 60% from the 2019flowchart on.
・“Recycled material” indicates pellets, flakes, fluff, blocks, andingots, while “recycled products” refer to film sheets, stakes,
pipes, etc. other than the above.
・The export figure for recycled material and recycled products(export figure for plastic waste) was calculated after correcting
for the “scrap plastic” export figure based on trade statistics from
the Ministry of Finance. Moreover, while the import figure forrecycled material and recycled products was small enough to beignored, it was subtracted from the export figure.
3-2 Densified-refuse derived fuel and cement material/fuel,blast/coke furnaces, gasification, and liquefaction
・Figures for densified-refuse derived fuel includes plastic waste
for power generation; figures for densified-refuse derived fueland cement material/fuel are based on the results of surveys
covering respective industry associations.
・Figures for blast furnace raw materials, coke-oven chemicalmaterials, gasification, and liquefaction approved as productrecycling methods by the Containers and Packaging Recycling
Law are based on data released by The Japan Containers And
Packaging Recycling Association. Associated figures for industrial
waste were based mainly on the results of questionnaires.
3-3 Incineration/landfilling of domestic waste
・Incineration/landfilling ratio
This figure was estimated using the results of PWMI surveys
based on figures in the “FY2016 Nation Survey on the State ofDischarge and Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste” released by
the Ministry of the Environment.
・Incineration with power generation, incineration with heatutilization, and simple incineration of domestic waste“Incineration with power generation” means incineration
processing by an incinerator equipped with power-generation
facilities, “incineration with heat utilization” means incineration
processing by an incinerator that, while not equipped withpower-generation facilities, has facilities for utilizing heat
externally, and simple incineration means incineration
processing by an incinerator other than that above. The ratios
shown were estimated using the results of PWMI surveys basedon values released by the Ministry of the Environment.
3-4 Incineration/landfilling of industrial waste
・The disposal and recovery of industrial waste is partiallycommissioned to local governments as business-related
waste. Here, for the ratio of such processing by business
operators to that commissioned to local governments, weused a new value calculated from the results of thesurvey conducted in fiscal year 2018. The percentage
breakdown of commissioned processing into incineration
with power generation, incineration with heat utilization
facility, simple incineration, and landfilling was based on
figures for domestic waste processing.
・For business operators, the incineration/landfilling ratio
and the percentage breakdown of incineration processing
into incineration with power generation, incineration
with heat utilization facility, and simple incineration were
new values calculated from the results of the survey
conducted in fiscal year 2018.
・Figures for incineration with power generation includes plastic
waste traded for a price.

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Flowchart of plastic products,
plastic waste and resource recovery
2019[ Unit：10kt（ten thousand tons）]
Resin production, resin processing, and marketing of products

Discharge❶
Resinproduction

Resinexport

1,050

426
Resin
import❷Domestic
plastic products
consumption

939

Domestic Plastic
input

Use

918

Post-use
products
discharge

783

249
Note 3

Product
export82❸

p

Product
import211
Liquidresin,etc.

93
Resin
processing
waste

61

Production
andProcessing
waste

68
Note 1

Non-use

Production
andProcessing
waste discharge

68

Resin
productionwaste

6
Reclaimed
products

91

Note 2

4Note 1: Resin production does not include the quantity shown for resin production waste
Note 2: The quantity shown this year for reclaimed products(91 ten tousand tons) is based on that of
mechanical recycling from the previous year (188 ten thousand tons) excluding exported portion(91 ten thousand tons) and the amount used for fiber from PET bottles (6 ten thousand tons).
Note 3: The figure for post-use products discharge is computed by a PWMI estimation system based on
usage for different demand areas and different resin types (from 1976) and product lifetimes fordifferent demand areas (100-years discharge model created by PWMI at 2017).
Note 4: Some figures may not exactly match due to rounding.
※❶〜❻ corresponds to the graph of next page.

Disposal and recovery

Domestic waste
Mechanical recycling

70
Liquefaction, gasification(chemical material use),
blast furnace❹

26

Domestic
waste

412

Densified-refuse derived fuel /cement material and fuel27

Incineration with power generation

206

Industrial waste
Mechanical recycling

116
Liquefaction, gasification(chemical material use),
blast furnace1

Gasification(fuel use)

12

438

Liquefaction,
gasification(chemical material use),
blast furnace

Gasification(fuel use)

13

Industrial
waste

186
22%

Incineration without power generationor heat utilization facility
Landfilling❺

recycling

27
3%

50

850

※6
❻Mechanical

Incineration withheat utilization facility

21

Total
plastic waste
discharge

Sum of waste

Densified-refuse derived fuel /cement material and fuel148

Incineration with power generation

55
Incineration withheat utilization facility

121%

Densified-refuse
derived fuel /cement material
and fuel

Incineration
with power
generation

262
31%
Incineration
with heatutilization facility

65
8%Incineration
without power
generation or heatutilization facility

70
8%Incineration without power
generation or heat utilization facility

Landfilling

Landfilling

54
6%

42

726
85%

175
21%

43
20

Utilized
plastic waste

Non-utilized
plastic waste

125
15%

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Details of flowchart elements（unit：10kt（ten thousand tons））❶ Breakdown of resin production by resin type(1,050 ten thousand tons)❷ Breakdown of domestic (general) plastic products
consumption by field (939 ten thousand tons)
Others 57 6.0%

Thermosetting
resin
92
Polyethylene
8.8%
Other
245
thermoplastic
23.3%
resin
179

17.1%

Thermoplastic
resin
Polystyrene(including SAN, ABS) 91.2% Polypropylene
244
117
23.2%
11.2% Polyvinylchloride
173

Agriculture,
forestry and fishery
Household13 1.4%
articles,etc.
94

10.0%

Containers andpackaging
392

Building materials
106

11.3%

41.8%

Transportation
125

13.3%

16.5%

Electric andmachinery
153

16.3%

❸ Breakdown of total plastic waste by field and resin type (850 ten thousand tons)
Production andprocessing waste
68
Others
8.0%
56

Others192

6.6%

Building
materials
60 7.1%
Householdarticles,etc.
71 8.3%Polyethylene
299

22.6%
Containers andpackaging397

Post-use
products

46.8%

92.0%

35.2%

Polyvinylchloride
69 8.1%Polystyrene(including SAN, ABS) Polypropylene
192
97 11.4%

Electric andmachinery
162

22.6%

19.1%

Transportation
24 2.9%Agriculture,forestry and fishery 12 1.4%

(by field)(by resin type)❹ Breakdown of domestic(general) waste
by field (412 ten thousand tons)
Agriculture,forestry Transportationand fishery 0 0.0%

0 0.0%

Agriculture,
forestry and Production andfishery 12 processing waste
2.7%
68

Others22

5.5%Householdarticles,etc.
54 13.0%

Others
34 7.7%
Containers andpackaging
318

77.2%

6

Electric
and machinery
18 4.4%
Building materials 0 0.0%

❺ Breakdown of industrial waste by field(438 ten thousand tons)

15.4%

32.9%

Transportation
24 5.6%
Building
materials
60

13.7%

Householdarticles,etc.
17 3.9%

Electric andmachinery
144

Containers
and packaging
80

18.2%

❻ Breakdown of mechanical recycling (186 ten thousand tons)○ Breakdown of mechanical recycling resources and resin type
Production andprocessing waste
40

21.5%

Polypropylene
39

PET resin indesignated PET bottle
53

Post-use products
146

20.8%

28.8%

Polystyrene(including SAN, ABS)
23

78.5%

(containing 70 ten thousand tons of
post-use products
from domestic waste)

12.6%

Others25

Polyvinylchloride
23

13.5%

12.3%

Polyethylene
22 12.0%○ Breakdown of post-use products for mechanical recycling (146 ten thousand tons)
PET bottles

51

Wrapping film

24
22Home electric-appliancehousings, etc.
Agricultural plastics

8

Electric-wirecovering material

7

Expanded polystyrene
packing material, etc.

65Containers and the like4

Automobile parts
Pipes, etc.

1

Expandedpolystyrene trays

1

Non-PET bottles

1
16

Others
0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

50

51

52

[ ten thousand tons ](by type of reclaimed products)

Recycled products
41

22.1%

Recycled material145(by destination of recycling use)

Domestic
100

53.8%

Export
79

42.8%

77.9%

Domestic Fiber(from PET bottles) 6 3.4%

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Plastics production and waste discharge
Resinproduction

Domestic plastic
products
consumption

Total plastic
waste
discharge

10 kt

10 kt

10 kt

10 kt

%

10 kt

%

1995

1,403

979

884

443

50

441

50

1996

1,466

1,081

909

455

50

454

50

1997

1,521

1,136

949

478

50

471

50

1998

1,391

1,020

984

499

51

485

49

1999

1,457

1,081

976

486

50

490

50

2000

1,474

1,098

997

508

51

489

49

2001

1,388

1,096

1,016

528

52

489

48

2002

1,385

1,057

990

508

51

482

49

2003

1,398

1,101

1,001

513

51

488

49

2004

1,446

1,136

1,013

519

51

494

49

2005

1,451

1,159

1,006

520

52

486

48

2006

1,445

1,120

1,005

508

51

498

50

2007

1,465

1,103

994

502

51

492

49

2008

1,345

1,089

998

502

50

496

50

2009

1,121

843

912

444

49

468

51

2010

1,270

970

945

459

49

486

51

2011

1,159

987

952

465

49

486

51

2012

1,054

960

929

446

48

482

52

2013

1,060

966

940

454

48

486

52

2014

1,061

977

926

442

48

483

52

2015

1,086

877

879

415

47

464

53

2016

1,075

888

860

385

45

475

55

2017

1,102

917

863

394

46

469

54

2018

1,067

932

861

405

47

456

53

2019

1,050

939

850

412

48

438

52

Year

Domestic waste

Industrial waste

2015 〜：Value recalculated by applying the latest data8

Change in Utilized Plastic Waste
by Amount and Rate Over Time2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Year
Total Plastic
waste
discharge(10kt)

997 1,016

990 1,001 1,013 1,006 1,005

994

998

912

945

952

929

940

926

879

860

863

861

850

Utilization
amount(10kt)

461

513

516

541

575

582

688

692

733

689

723

744

744

767

768

701

695

710

720

726

Utilizationrate(%)

46

50

52

54

57

58

69

69

73

75

77

78

80

82

83

80

81

82

84

85

100

1,200

1,100

1,000

90

800

80
％

700
70

600

500
60

400

300

50

200

100

0

40
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Mechanical Recycle

Feedstock Recycle

Energy Recovery＊Incineration without power genaration or heat utilization facility
2015 〜：Value recalculated by applying the latest data

9

Incineration＊

Landfilling

Utilization rate

︵ ︶utilization rate

︵ 10 ︶
Disposal and recovery
kt

900

Business Overview
History
Originally founded in December 1971
as the Plastic Management Research
A s s o c i a t i o n , t h e P l a s t i c Wa s t eManagement Institute (PWMI) received
its current name in July of the following
year as operations expanded. For the last
40 years or so, PWMI has endeavored toresearch and develop technology for the
optimal processing and effective use ofplastic waste and to publicize its findings.
In addition, PWMI has changed into a
general incorporated association as a resultof Laws Related to the Reform of the
Public-Interest Corporations System(enacted in December 2008). As a resultof this change, PWMI’s objectives were
newly established in April 2013 as“surveying and researching the recyclingof plastic waste and contributing to a
reduction in environmental load by the
total recycling of plastic, and helping
plastic-related industries to expand theirbusiness soundly and contributing to thecreation of a society capable of sustainablegrowth.”application to carbon footprint systems,
etc. It also works to solve technical issues
so that the effective use of plastic waste
can be evaluated by LCA.
(2) Preparation of the Flowchart of Plastic
Products, Plastic Waste and Resource
Recovery and ongoing improvements to
its accuracy
PWMI strives to obtain a clear understanding of the entire lifecycle of plastic
from its production stage to its disposal
and R&R and to prepare and provide ahighly accurate flowchart of this process.
(3) Support of environmental education
PWMI continues to hold instructor
training courses and on-site classes andworks to raise the level of consciousness
in society regarding the usefulness ofplastic. In addition to holding on-siteclasses on plastic R&R at primary andmiddle schools especially in Japan’s Kanto
region, PWMI will honor as much as
possible requests for instructor training
courses in line with new teachingguidelines and for lectures at universities
specializing in environmental science.

Business Content

Members (as of January 2020)(1)Survey and research the generation,
recycling, and disposal of plastic waste
and promote the appropriate use of plastic
waste through various means including
techniques for evaluating environmental
load(2)Support the education and study of therecycling of plastic and plastic waste andengage in related public relations activities(3)Interface and collaborate with domestic
and foreign institutions in the plastic andplastic-waste industries

Regular members: 17 corporations and 3
organizations
Supporting members: 3 organizations
Regular members
Asahi Kasei Corp.
Dow-Mitsui
PolychemicalsAuditors
Co. Ltd.
General Meeting
Japan Polyethylene Corporation
Japan Polypropylene Corporation
JNC
Corporation
Board of Directors
Kaneka Corporation
Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Steering Committee
NUC Corporation
Prime Polymer Co., Ltd.
Committee on
Shin Dai-Ichi Vinyl Corporation
General Affairs
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Committee on Surveys
and Research
SunAllomer Ltd.
Taiyo Vinyl Corporation
Committee
Tokuyama Sekisui Co.,
Ltd. on Public
Relations andEducational
SupportTosoh Corp.
Ube-Maruzen Polyethylene Co., Ltd.

(Trade organizations)Japan Petrochemical Industry Association
The Japan Plastics Industry Federation
Vinyl Environmental Council
Supporting members
Japan PET Bottle Association
Japan Expanded Polystyrene Association
Japan PVC Environmental Affairs Council
Directors
Chairman:Waga Masayuki
Vice-Chairman:Miyajima Masaki
Executive Director:Tsuchimoto Ichiro
Directors: 10
Auditors: 2

Organization
General Meeting

Auditors

Board of Directors

Chai

Vice-Ch

Steering Committee

Executiv

Committee on
General Affairs

Secretar

Activities
The three core activities of PWMI aresummarized below.
(1) Provision of life cycle assessment(LCA) base data and LCA evaluation ofrecycling & recovery (R&R) technologies
PWMI provides scientific and highreliability data for widespread use byrelated industries and general citizens for

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