Super CARTENDER Kyushu/Recycle Town

TAU corporation

In January 2024, we opened “Super Car Triage Kyushu,” a complex facility in Miyaki town, Saga Prefecture, to consolidate our expertise in the reuse and recycling of damaged vehicles.

Switching from fossil resource-derived packaging materials to paper packaging materials for A3 MFP

RICOH Company, Ltd.

Until now, expanded polystyrene (EPS), a material derived from fossil fuels, has generally been used as packaging for transporting MFP products. The Ricoh Group is working to switch from EPS to recyclable paper packaging.

Recycling initiative using a Handy plastic sensor

RICOH Company, Ltd.

The B150 is a handy sensor that uses near-infrared spectroscopy to distinguish resins.

Elephantech Unveils General-Purpose Multilayer PCBs With SustainaCircuits™ Technology

Elephantech Inc.

Elephantech has been mass-producing SustainaCircuits™, innovative printed circuit boards (PCBs) that reduce copper usage by 70-80% using printing technology.

Powering Sustainability through Collaborative Design

STMICROELECTRONICS K.K.

STMICROELECTRONICS, ELEPHANTECH Collaboration on reducing the carbon footprint (PCF) of a working solution for industrial sustainability.

Proof of Concept Promoting Reuse in Local Communities With Mercari, Yakult Sanyo, Akitakata City, and Miyoshi City

Mercari, Inc. Yakult Sanyo Inc. Akitakada City, Hiroshima Prefecture Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture

This is a collaborative project between Mercari, Inc., Yakult Sanyo Corporation, and Akitakata City and Miyoshi City of Hiroshima Prefecture. Together, we started a proof of concept where we collect usable items that people no longer need from Akitakata City and Miyoshi City and sell them on Mercari’s e-commerce platform Mercari Shops. So far, Mercari has partnered up with a total of 38 local governments across Japan (as of July 8, 2024) to sell their unwanted items on Mercari Shops.

Eliminate Polystyrene Foam Packaging for Large TVs Using enviromentally concious biodegradable biopolymer

Sony Group Corporation

Sony has been transitioning from plastic packaging to paper packaging for small products. For larger and heavier products like TVs, polystyrene foam has remained the primary cushioning material due to it robust resistance during transportation.

Promoting Reuse together with the DIY store, local government, and residents

ECOMMIT Co.,Ltd. Saitama City CAINZ CORPORATION

In order to promote the local recycling-oriented society, Saitama City has held a slogan, “We work together and participate to create a recycling-oriented city Saitama)'', while CAINZ held “Let's all DIY the lives of the town (Kumimachi Plan)''.

The Circular Economy Lease（CE Lease) provided by Fuyo Lease

Fuyo General Lease Co.,Ltd.

The Circular Economy Lease (CE Lease) is a lease that promotes the circular economy by setting a residual value and utilizing a clause that allows the property to be returned at the end of the lease. Fuyo Lease reliably reuses and recycles products that are returned with their use value maintained, thereby extending product life and improving resource recycling.

closed-loop system

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

We established our company-wide recycling policy in 1995, under which we have been collecting products used by customers for recycling and reuse.

ApeosPort-VI C RC" series of recycled full-color digital multifunction devices that use reusable parts for 84% of the main unit weight

FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

Since 1995, FUJIFILM Business Innovation began collecting, reusing, and recycling used products, and launched remanufactured digital multifunction products as the ApeosPort-VI C RC series in September 2022.

Environmentally Friendly, Proprietary Technologies

Elephantech Inc.

We have succeeded in mass production by creating our unique manufacturing method, the Pure Additive™ method (forming circuits by heaping only the necessary number of necessary materials), which combines metal inkjet printing and electroless copper plating processes from the conventional manufacturing method (Subtractive method: layering materials and scraping off unnecessary materials).