Conceivable Applications

Our technologies enable us to recycle raw plastic materials, through the production of Fluff Fuels from various kinds of waste plastics which have been landfilled until now. We shred, separate, and compress plastic waste to produce Fluff Fuel bales.

Fluff Fuels have a calorific value of 6,500～8,000 kcal/kg and ash content of approx. 10%, most often used as alternatives to coal or heavy oil in paper manufacturers in Japan and cement companies overseas.

What is Fluff Fuel:
Fuels from waste plastics are called “fluff,” which is derived from the word, “fluffy.” Fluff Fuels are one type of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) which are produced from shredded and compressed plastics, papers and fibers.

  

       The Process Flow of GUUN’s Waste Plastic Recycling Plant in Cebu

 

Competitive Advantage

1) Competitive advantage over fossil fuel

*Fuel consumers like cement manufacturers or power generation companies can reduce CO₂ emission by approx. 17% in the heating process in their plant by using Fluff Fuel instead of coal. Because the carbon content of Fluff Fuel is lower than that of coal.

2) Competitive advantage over or RPF (Refuse derived Paper and Plastic Fuel)

*The biggest advantage comparing to RPF is that the Fluff Fuel production process consumes  approx. 1/3 the electricity required by RPF, because the Fluff Fuel production process does not have a heating and pelletizing process that is necessary for RPF.
**The second point is that Fluff Fuel can be stocked in a smaller space than RPF. The rectangular shape of the Fluff Fuel package allows you to stack up to three units. The necessary stockyard area for Fluff Fuel is estimated to be only 60 – 70% that of RPF.

 

Performance

○Fluff Fuels

・Processing capacity of waste plastic: 144 TPD
・Calorific value: 6,500～8,000 kcal/kg
・Ash content: 10%
・Cl :≦0.5%
・Weight: approx. 560 kg/piece
・Size: 1m x 1.2m x1m =1.2㎥

Transportation by vessel (Modal shift)

Technical maturity / Past record of introduction

Production and Actual Sales of Fluff Fuels:

 1) Domestic:
Manufacturing facility in Yokohama was completed in March, 2008.
Amount of waste disposal, sales of Fluff Fuels: 22,000 TPY
Removal and disposal of contaminants to other facilities (PVC, Metals and others): 1,150 TPY
Processing capacity: 144 TPD
Years of operation: 9 years since 2008

2) Overseas:
(1)Pilot Project

A pilot project to establish a recycling enterprise in Cebu, Philippines, ran for 2 years starting in 2013, and the project was taken over by Cebu City in 2015, and has been running so far.

• Amount of waste disposal, sales of Fluff Fuels: Processing capacity: 5 TPD
• Years of operation: 3 years since 2014

(2) Commercial scale plant
A commercial scale plant for Fluff Fuel was completed in May 2017 in Cebu, Philippines.

• Processing capacity: 50~75 TPD
• Years of operation: since July, 2017

Inayawan landfill site in Cebu, Philippines

 

Pilot project for establishing a recycling enterprise in Cebu

 

Loading waste plastic

 

Sorting conveyor

 

Loading trucks for cement manufacturer from the pilot plant

Conceivable risk

 

The business could be more sustainable if the client location is closer, because the farther the sales destination, the higher the freight. In our headquarters plant, we deliver the Fluff Fuel directly from the port in Yokohama to each destination. With our transportation know-how, we are able to provide support for equipment installations as well.

 

Name	GUUN Co., Ltd.
Address	17-3, Torihama-cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama city, Kanagawa pref. 236-0002 Japan
Capital	85 million yen (as of April, 2017)
Contact person	Mr. Toshiki KITAI, Blue Economy Laboratory Email: t_kitai@guun.co.jp TEL: +81-45-228-8960 FAX: +81-45-228-8961
Number of employees	100 employees (as of March 1, 2017)
Date of company foundation	March 14, 2001
The type of business	Disposal and Recycling of Waste Plastic Recycling Wood Recycling

International operation

Number of employees for international operation: 9 employees, including one representation at Philippines Branch

Modality of business transaction

Direct Investment

• As a first stage, we would implement feasibility study to find out the possibility of waste management business in the target area.
• If we find it will be feasible, we would invest in necessary recycling facilities in the area either solely or by joint investment with local companies.

Partnership

• If we find local companies(counterparts) who would like to improve their existing waste management system or recycling system, we would contract partnership agreement with them to transfer our knowledge or technology to the counterparts.
• If we find the improved waste management attractive for us, we would participate in the management or the operation of the business.

Schematic illustration of the technology

  

Head office: shredder 

Head office: PVC sorting machine

 

Head office: air classifier 

 

Head office: compressing and packing machine

 

Philippine factory: sorting machine     

 

 Philippine factory: building and Fluff Fuel