In order to more strategically advance policy recommendations related to resource recycling, which we are focusing on this fiscal year, we have established a new “Steering Committee” with the aim of building a system that seeks cooperation from experts with specialized knowledge in Japan and overseas and people with a wide network.
On April 25, 2025, a meeting of the Steering Committee was held.

At the request of the Secretary General, the Steering Committee is responsible for coordinating with stakeholders and supporting the content of policy recommendations for important projects to be implemented under the leadership of the Secretariat.

At this meeting, an interim report was made on “Theme 1: Solving the Problem of Residues at Plastic Recycling Facilities and Recycling of Difficult-to-Recycle Products,” which was one of the policy recommendation themes to be addressed this term, and valuable opinions and advice were received from Steering Committee members and observers.

Members of the Steering Committee

Members (50 names in alphabetical order, honorifics omitted)
・Zenji Nii (Executive Officer, Lifestyle & Industrial Business Division, General Manager, Package Solution Division, TOPPAN Corporation)
・Taro Kamagata (Advisor, Platinum Concept Network Secretariat)
・Yoshiteru Takemoto (Representative Director of Tobimushi Co., Ltd., Director of the Resource Circulation Promotion Council)
・Ichiro Tsuchimoto (Executive Director, Japan Association for Recycling and Recycling of Plastics)
・Kenji Baba (General Manager, Social Value Creation Promotion Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group)
・Kenji Fuma (CEO, Neural Co., Ltd., Director of the Resource Circulation Promotion Council)
・Shunsuke Managi (Senior Professor, Kyushu University, Special Member of the Resource Circulation Promotion Council)

Observer (in alphabetical order of 50 organization names)
・Containers, Packaging, and Plastics Resource Recycling Office, Environmental Recycling and Resource Recycling Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry GX Group Resource Recycling Economy Division