"The Strategic Need for Waste Management and Recycling."

"The Strategic Need for Waste Management and Recycling."

In recent years, there has been a need to take a strategic approach to waste management, beginning with the rapid development of environmental laws and regulations, avoiding environmental risks such as illegal dumping, which has increased with the strengthening of waste treatment and recycling, and developing recycling-related businesses. At the same time, waste treatment and recycling companies need to change to meet these new corporate needs."

"The Recycle One Initiative."

Against this backdrop, Recycle One began full-scale development in 2001 of its waste and recycled resource supply/demand coordination (matching) service, which acts as an intermediary between waste-producing companies and processing companies over the Internet. The company has begun to gain a head start in the electronic trading market for waste and recycled resources, which is currently estimated to be worth about 800 million yen."

"Absence of Leading Companies."

Despite the fact that the industrial waste treatment and recycling business is a growth area in the future and an industry that requires rapid change, there are very few companies that can be called leading companies, due to a structure that does not favor change very much. Therefore, we read that by mediating or sharing information between emitting companies and treatment/recycling companies, we could establish a position that would bring a new wind to the industry."

"Membership in the Electronic Trading Marketplace."

The electronic trading market system that the company has been developing since its inception is divided into two parts: a mechanism for emitting companies to search for and place orders with reclamation and treatment companies, and for reclamation and treatment companies to update information about their own facilities. Basically, the system is membership-based, with recyclers/processors paying an annual membership fee of 300,000 yen and emitting companies paying 60,000 yen. Reclamation and treatment companies are screened beforehand for membership, and only those companies that meet the screening criteria in four major categories (economic efficiency, social responsibility, environmental friendliness, and service) and two sub-criteria are allowed to become members."

"Establishment and Prospects of Recycle One."

Yosuke Kiminami, CEO of Recycle One, majored in environmental economics and environmental chemistry and was a student entrepreneur while still in school, building Internet-related systems. After graduation, he was once involved in market development projects for a major telecommunications company and the government, but his strong desire to start his own business led him to establish Recycle One with his colleague Daisuke Tsujimoto. They chose a new business in industrial waste management, specifically as an intermediary between emitting companies and processors."


"Matching recycling and treatment companies in the electronic trading market:

"Multiple reclamation/processing companies are displayed. This data is the ranking of the items since the recycling/processing (January~December 2002 total). In any case, Recycle One stands in the middle of the process, checking samples and conducting on-site inspections, so it is different from a mere introduction. Recycle One gets a few percent margin from the company.

"Data coverage of recycling and recycling-related businesses:

In addition to the recycling and processing companies that are members of Recycle One, there are approximately 6,000 intermediate processing companies (9,500 facilities) and 1,300 recycling companies throughout Japan in the database. This information is collected by the company itself, including information on licenses and permits held by local governments, industry newspapers, and telephone interviews. In particular, the information on about 100 recycling companies is information that even public agencies do not have.

"Regional status of recycling/processing companies and product mix:

"The emitting companies are ranked among the multiple facilities indicated.

Waste brass
Scrap metal
Wood waste
Animal and vegetable residues
Sludge
Glass and ceramic scraps
Waste oil
Waste acid
Paper waste
Others
The following is a more detailed regional situation since the recycling and processing of waste materials (January ~December, 2002).
"Recycle One's Business Expansion and Services Offered:

"The company's businesses now include the electronic trading market, environmental consulting (support for zero emissions, environmental reporting, etc.), management consulting (M&A strategy development and execution, new business startup, etc.), recycling-related businesses (support for recycling commercialization, support for building recycling routes, etc.), and soil contamination-related businesses (professional services, etc.). ), and soil contamination-related business (diagnosis and analysis of soil contamination, soil remediation, etc.). In particular, the company has been receiving more and more applications for soil contamination in recent years, and the applicant makes a provisional application together with information on soil contamination (discharge date, desired recycling/treatment price, shape, storage condition, etc.). The application process includes a preliminary application with information on soil contamination (date of discharge, desired reclamation/trea
tment price, shape, condition of storage, etc.) and detailed information on member reclamation/treatment companies, including ISO certification status, facility operation information, and pricing information.

"Recycle One's Proposal Examples and Cost Reductions:

Example of Recycling One's Proposal and Cost Reduction

Major electronics manufacturer A: Annual cost reduction of 21 million yen
Company B, a major telecommunications equipment manufacturer: annual cost reduction of 23 million yen
Company C, a major logistics company: annual cost reduction of 66 million yen
Company D, a machinery manufacturer: annual cost reduction of 336,000 yen"
"Recycle One's network and the value it provides:

In addition to Recycle One, some progressive municipalities have established waste exchange systems using booklets and the Internet, and private companies have established waste brokerage sites and trading companies to strengthen their sales window functions, while leveraging the experience of industrial waste disposal companies. In this context, Recycle One was one of the first companies to launch a nationwide e-commerce site. Recycle One is leading the way in both name recognition and track record, thanks to its pioneering efforts to expand its nationwide network, its open database for members that includes information on recycling and processing companies, and its meticulous attention to detail, including direct confirmation of discharged materials and sites. In this kind of information infrastructure, where information gathers, more information gathers and becomes the standard, and with the accumulation of know-how in providing solutions, it is no exaggeration to say that
the company is becoming a brand in the e-waste trading market.

"Recycle One's Customer Relations and Future Prospects:

"Two or three days to select a company. The process, including the exchange of samples, is usually completed within the usual time frame. Waste management is now an inseparable part of product manufacturing. We would like to expand our business to include consultation and proposals from the product design stage," says Mr. Kiminami with enthusiasm. The most valuable information for a recycling-oriented society is about to be gathered at the company.