Fashion sharing service for everyday clothes to decarbonize and reduce clothing waste

airCloset, Inc.

airCloset offers a subscription-based service that allows customers to rent and enjoy outfits coordinated by professional stylists based on their body type, preferences, and intended usage. The service is accessible nationwide in Japan with a simple online registration. Customers can enjoy the delivered clothing, return it, and receive their next set of outfits within a few days.

Acceleration of recycling waste plastics from small household appliances: Establishing large-scale collection routes and an integrated resource circulation process through advanced sorting technologies

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Future Ecology Co., Ltd. BIC CAMERA Inc. Veolia Japan GK digglue.Inc

Currently, the recycling of used small electronic devices aims to sort and recover metals with high resource value, such as iron, aluminum, and copper. As a result, the recycling rate of waste plastics from small household appliance is lower compared to the waste plastics recovered from the four items specified by the Household Appliance Recycling Law (refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and televisions). Approximately 80% of these waste plastics are processed through thermal recycling, which reuses the heat generated from combustion as energy.

Synthesizing Methanol from Carbon Dioxide Efficiently to Promote Carbon Circulation

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd. Shimane University

・Shimane University develops basic research into catalysts and reaction processes to increase reaction yield in the methanol synthesis using carbon dioxide as a raw material.

closed recycling system of label backing release liner" Resource Recycling Project"

Resource Recycling Project NEION Film Coatings Corp． TOYOBO CO., LTD. Shionogi Pharma Co., Ltd.

label backing release liner typically uses composite materials of paper and 　 resin, which　are generally difficult to recycle. As a result, they become a large amount of industrial waste and are incinerated. In this project, we replace these label backing release liner with release liner for recycling made from PET-based synthetic paper. After use, the release paper is collected as valuable materials and subjected to material recycling. By using the recycled material again as a raw material for release liner for recycling, we achieve Film-to-Film recycling. This will enable the social implementation of closed recycling system of label backing release liner.

Partnering with Saga City, tested incentive system for Local Resource Circulation

ECOMMIT Co.,Ltd. Saga City AEON KYUSHU Co., Ltd.

We signed the “Agreement on Collaboration on Environmentally-Friendly Local Resource Circulation, etc.'' with Saga City.

Bottle-to-Bottle Closed Loop Recycling Projects in 2022

Japan Soft Drink Association

Since 2020, beverage industry has implemented numerous activities to promote bottle-to-bottle recycling (Closed Loop Recycling) of PET Bottles. Our initiatives continue into 2022 where we continued promoting test events and educative activities focused on resource circulation and minimizing marine litter.

A new resource circulation model for office plastic waste in Tokyo

Terrarem Group Co., Ltd.

Tokyo Metropolitan and M.M. Plastic, as a pioneering in plastic material recycling, are collaborating with waste generators such as Mitsubishi Estate, Mitsui Fudosan, and Tokyu Land are conducting demonstration project.

About resource recycling of used ink cartridges

ecorica.inc

We have realized the first system in Japan to collect and reuse used cartridges of inkjet printers on a nationwide scale.

Bottle-to-Bottle Closed Loop Recycling Projects in 2021

Japan Soft Drink Association

In 2020, we implemented tests and educative activities with various stakeholders in Tokyo to promote bottle-to-bottle recycling, which means Closed Loop Recycling of PET Bottles.

Realization of a recycling-oriented society through solar power generation

Niimi Solar Company

Currently, various technologies are being used to recycle solar panels, but our "Solar Panel Pyrolysis Plant using Sakumoto’s Method" is the only technology in the world that can decompose organic matter without emitting carbon dioxide and extract high-purity materials from solar panels.

Eco-products Database

Green Purchasing Network (GPN)

The Eco-products Database is the largest database that discloses environmental information about products and services along the Green Purchasing Guidelines.

Food Waste Recycling Solution

NTT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Well Create Co., Ltd.

The Food Waste Recycling Solution is a solution service that contributes to the reduction of food loss and the promotion of food recycling. This service is provided nationwide by NTT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (abbreviated as NTT-BS),