Three large Japanese companies are planning a blockchain project with Dutch firm Circularise to demonstrate their use of biomass and recycled raw materials for food packaging. The three firms are Dainippon Printing (DNP), Mitsubishi Chemicals and Refinverse, which recycles plastics.
To enhance the sustainability of their products, Dainippon Printing and Mitsubishi Chemicals are reducing the volume of petroleum-based raw materials and replacing them with biomass and recycled plastics. But they want to demonstrate that they’re doing this, particularly for DNP’s Green Packaging brand, which is used for foods and other daily necessities.
Additionally, the companies want to be able to visualize the emissions of each supplier, including CO2, so that they can pass on data about the environmental impact to consumers.
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