Recycling
Recycling
Recycling of Iron and Used Plastics
 Plant for converting used plastic into a raw material for blast furnaces |
JFE Steel Corporation's West Japan Steel Works melts down used steel cans and recycles them into iron. At its Fukuyama Area, JFE has developed and implemented a unified system for the 100% recycling of plastic by using plastic instead of coke in its steel blast furnaces. |
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| Automatic plastic sorter | Dismantling machine | Crushing machine |
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| Powdering machine | Entryway for plastic being blown into the furnace | Molten pig iron oozing out of the blast furnace |
Creating Energy from Waste Materials
 Resource recycling waste treatment facility of Kurashiki city |
The gasification and melting plant in the Kurashiki Area of the West Japan Works has been applying a Thermoselect system based on Japan first domestic PFI technology since April 2005. The primary contractor is Mizushima Eco works Co., Ltd. General domestic waste (burnable including ash) and sewage sludge from Kurashiki city and industrial waste produced by the Mizushima Complex are simultaneously treated in this plant. With its drastically reduced emissions of dioxins, the new plant is operating as an epoch-making, next-generation plant that processes waste and recycles resources without pollution. The West Japan Works vastly contributes to CO2 reduction through the use of fuel gas produced by energy from waste materials for power generation. |
