Chura Mura Okinawa Coastal Conservation staged its 100th beach clean-up at Uza Beach in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture, on 20 September. They mobilised approximately 100 multinational volunteers to coincide with United Nations World Cleanup Day...
Tokyo-based firm ASEI Architectural Design Office has been awarded a 1-star award for Sustainable Selection 2026 for their 15-year-old circular supply platform, Creative Resource, which converts agricultural residues and industrial by-products into...
The Imabari City Cycle City Promotion Council is expanding the IMABARI REHELM Project, a circular initiative that collects expired bicycle helmets from local residents and upcycles them into street furniture for the municipality. Imabari is a...
In collaboration with craft brewery Brewlab.108, frozen food manufacturer Nichirei Foods Inc. has luanched the beverage “#2101 Part2 Beef Curry~Beyond upcycle! Never before !!~”, brewed using off-specification commercial curry sauce...
Environmental materials startup Behomal Co., Ltd. has begun implementing a resource circulation project called “CO₂ is Love™”, designed to reverse-engineer recycling systems by prioritising secondary consumer demand over waste disposal...


