DOWA group is committed to carrying out business activities rooted in the countries and regions where overseas expansion is carried out, and to building and developing relationships.
In addition, all the factories are conscious of being a member of the local community, and at the same time, aim to contribute to the development of the region from a global perspective.
Fast-growing Asian region needs to transform into a low-carbon society in order to cut the greenhouse gas emissions in the world by half by year 2050. If Japan is to leverage her technologies and institutions developed up to now and cooperate with and support Asian countries in realizing a low-carbon society then it will contribute to better environment not only in Asian region but in the entire planet.
Currently in Southeast Asian countries, fluorocarbons having a high global warming potential, such as CFC, HCFC, and HFC are being used in refrigeration and cold storage equipment and air-conditioning equipment in circulation. However, no schemes for proper handling of these fluorocarbons are in place in these countries. On the other hand, in Japan, Act for Rationalized Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons, Home Appliance Recycling Act, and Automobile Recycling Act ensure ongoing proper recovery and destruction of fluorocarbons, on a level higher than world standard.
DOWA group started destruction of Fluorocarbons since receiving the "Fluorocarbons destruction model project" from the then Environment Agency and Akita Prefecture in 1996. Currently, we are licensed as Fluorocarbons destruction operator in Akita, Chiba, and Okayama Prefectures, and carry out thermal decomposition process by effective utilization of waste heat. Also, DOWA group has sufficient knowledge and experience about the recovery and destruction of Fluorocarbons, for example, Fluorocarbons recovery in automobile and consumer electronics recycling plants.
DOWA Eco-system and its subsidiary E&E Solutions cooperate with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, in order to promote research and raise the public awareness about Fluorocarbons in Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, through the Ministry of the Environment JCM large-scale project formation feasibility study work "Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Processing Strategic Promotion Business". This work aims to introduce Japan's knowledge and technology to these countries, investigate about actual use, recovery, and destruction of fluorocarbons in all the countries, and investigate effective treatment methods and recovery network building techniques including the destruction process.
In Thailand, CFCs are legally positioned as a hazardous waste and their import, production, transportation, consumption, disposal and export are regulated. However, there are no clear legal provision for their processing and there is no social system in place for recovery and destruction of CFCs. Also, there are no recovery guidelines by the government, and unlike Japan, a system for carrying out proper destruction process has not been established. Recovery of fluorocarbons from used products is almost non-existent.
In 2014, fluorocarbons recovery test and fluorocarbons-containing equipment dismantling test were conducted in collaboration with DOWA group ESBEC. The tests aimed at technical verification assuming treatment in Thailand, and acquisition of appropriate recovery techniques for fluorocarbons. These tests were carried out on the basis of guidelines for fluorocarbon processing and execution methods in recycling facilities in Japan, and was a step forward for the appropriate implementation of fluorocarbons recovery in Thailand.
Through environmental technology and infrastructure etc., DOWA group will continue to strive for making Asia a low-carbon society.
Carry out destruction of
Fluorocarbons
Eco-system Akita
ESBEC
Fluorocarbon recovery system
