Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (hereinafter “MOL”) and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Idemitsu Kosan”) announced the joint start of a demonstration test on the recycling of marine plastic waste (Recycling of used plastics into oil, Note 1).
MOL Group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd. has installed an automated marine debris collection device called “Seabin” (Note 2) at the Hiroshima Municipal Pier, which is used as a base for tugboats, with the aim of promoting marine environment conservation....