DOWA’s Challenge towards Sustainable Society

13/December/2016
Takanobu Tachikawa
DOWA Eco-System Co., Ltd.
 The origin of DOWA

-Established in 1884 as mining company

-Treating “black-ore” which contains a lot of impurity
-Changed materials from “ores” to “recyclables”
 Technologies
<Mining and Smelting Business>
Smelting &
Exploration Mining Transport Separation
Refining

Waste
Soil Metal
Management
Remediation Recycling
(Incineration, Landfill)

<Waste Management & Recycling Business>

 Metal Recycling Technology of DOWA
New Type Furnace for Secondary Materials

Au Ag Zn Ga Bi Pt Pd Rh Sb Ru Sn
Cu Cd Pb Ge In Se Te S Co Li Ni
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 Core Businesses of DOWA
Material manufacturing Manufacture of value-added materials
Metal Refining Electronic Materials Metal Processing Heat Treatment
Smelting and refining LEDs, silver powders, Connector materials, Furnace for heat
of ferrite powders, Metal-ceramic boards, treatment of
Gold, silver, other metal powders other metal processing automobile
copper, gallium, etc. etc. components etc.
indium etc.

Creating a
recycle-oriented
society
Recycling and Detoxification Assembled into Consumer
Environmental Management & Recycling Product
Resource Recycling, Waste Management, Soil Remediation, Computer,
Consulting etc. plasma displays,
mobile phones,
batteries,
automobiles etc.

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 DOWA’s Network in Asia

Metal Recycling

Waste Management
(Landfill)
Soil Remediation
Waste Management
(Incineration)
Waste Management
Waste Management (Landfill)
(Landfill) Metal Recycling
Metal Recycling Soil Remediation
Soil Remediation

Waste Management
(Incineration)
Metal Recycling
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 Waste/Recycle material flow
Generator
collection
＝DOWA’s target
Regulated by law
Municipal
Industrial waste Food
Wood
waste
sewage
waste Home
Car
Domestic waste package appliance
dismantling
Soil Segregation/separation
segregation/ segregation/
remediation
separation separation
Construction
Oil recovery Biomass scrap
Incineration
PCB’s incineration
melting Recycle

Cement
Nonferrous
metals
Landfill Thermal recycle/ composting paper aluminum iron concrete
Electric generation Rare
BDF wood plastics gypsum metals

ASD・SD
 DOWA’s Challenge
Waste/ Metal Recycling;
Recyclables Gold: 6 ton/year
Silver: 500t/year
1.2 million Copper: 10,000t/year
ton/year
 CO2 reduction : ???
⇒next challenge

Modal Shift;
Truck  Train Waste to Energy;
90,000 ton/year Steam: 340,000 ton
Electricity: 30,000MW
 CO2 reduction: 70,000t/year
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