Daiei Kankyo's Concept of Digital Transformation
In the waste management industry, which is considered to lag behind other industries in terms of digitalization,
industry-wide innovation driven by a digital transformation is essential if we are to create a decarbonized and circular economy.
The Daiei Kankyo Group aims to save labor in processes through the use of AI and IoT,
and to develop an industry-standard system in which arterial and venous businesses mutually share resource and waste data
Major initiatives
Disaster waste disposal information management system
In the event of a large-scale disaster, it is essential to establish a wide-area waste disposal system that provides transparent and reliable waste management information. The disas-ter waste disposal information management system developed by the Daiei Kankyo Group can manage the entire treatment process in real time by capturing on-site history and image data. This system is in use not only at disaster waste management sites where we are involved, but also at other sites.
Smart collection system
As the need for contactless and automated systems increases due to labor shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic, we are developing new technologies that include ”smart trash cans” and ”unmanned collection mobility”, and are conducting research in industry-academia collaboration for social implementation, including demonstration tests at amusement facilities.
Development of recycling technologies for small home appliance
Discarded smartphones and other electronic devices are said to be "urban mines" because they contain various metals that can be reclaimed and re-used for other purposes. We are participating in a public-private joint R&D project to come up with highly efficient ways of recycling these resources. We are developing technologies that automatically sort and disassemble products by creating a database from the disassembly of a vast number of products.
Development of technologies to recycle plastic resources
We are participating in a public-private joint R&D project to promote the effective sort-ing, collection, and recycling of waste plastics, one of the key strategies in plastic resource recycling. To develop an automatic sorting system, we are collecting data on the types and amounts of waste plastics to be collected, as well as their individual sizes and shapes.
