Environmentally-friendly materials and attempts

I   Environmentally Friendly Material Market Trends and Perspectives

• Alternatives to Fossil Fuels, Suppression of GHG Emissions, Renewability, Recycling
• Sustainable material development needed to achieve SDGs by 2030 and Carbon Neutrality by 2050

II    Trends of Environmentally Friendly Materials 

1. CNF (Cellulose Nano Fiber)

• Technological development to solve the issues of cost, performance, and handling has been in progress.
• Development phase steps up from "trial" to "consideration for implementation"
• The CNF production in 2022 is expected to expand to 80 tons, 140% of the size of the previous year, from what used to have tended to level off

1) Functional additive
2) Resin composite
3) Others

2. Automotive Decorative Film Market

• New value of decorative films must be appealed from CASE and SDGs perspective!
• Automotive makers focus their development and investment on CASE; priority reduced for alternating of decorating and coating
• Re-evaluate the value of the existing products from CASE and SDGs perspective and develop new value-add proposal for customers

1) Water Pressure Transfer Printing
2) Simultaneous Molding/Decoration
3) OMF

3. Automotive Exterior Decorative Film
4. Materials for Containers and Wrapping

• With environmental consciousness becoming higher, use of sustainable materials for containers and wrapping is a must.

1) Light Plastic Containers
2) Carton Packs for Liquid
3) Aluminum cans

III   Recycled Material Trends

1. PET Film Recycling
2. PET Bottle Recycling
3. Container & Wrapping Recycling

• Efforts on Extensive Industries such as Food, Beverage, Cosmetics, Daily Necessities, etc. in Progress
• Small Lot for Diverse Items, Establishing collection scheme for daily Necessities for Long-term Use and cosmetics containers is a challenge.

1) Beverage Industry Trends
2) Container & Wrapping Material Industry Trends
3) Daily Necessities & Cosmetics Industry Trends

4. Automotive Recycling
   1) Automotive regulations in and out of country (1)
   2) Automotive regulations in and out of country (2)
   3) Main resins used in automobiles
   4) ASR recycling
   5) Company Trends

*This report was written based on the abstraction and re-editing of the following reports published by Yano Research Institute.

• CNF (Cellulose Nano Fiber) Market 2022 (Published on 30 Mar. 2022)
• Plastic Recycling Market 2022　（Published on 29 June 2022））
• High Performance Films 2022 (Published on 29 July 2022)
• Automotive Decorative Film Market 2022 (Published on 29 Sep. 2022)
• Container Market 2022 (Published on 28 Dec. 2022)