• Sumitomo Chemical and Veolia selected for Japan’s Environment Ministry fiscal 2026 plastic resource circulation project.
• Combined mechanical and chemical recycling aims to raise resource utilization of collected plastic packaging to approximately 80% from approximately 50%.

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