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Tabe Choku begins offering vegetables grown with recycled clothing compost

Vivid Garden, the operator of Japan’s largest farm-to-table e-commerce site Tabe Choku, has begun offering vegetables grown with compost derived from recycled clothing.

The innovative compost system, known as “P-FACTS” (PIECLEX FAbrics Composting Technology Solution), is the brainchild of Pieclex Corporation, a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. P-FACTS allows discarded apparel, such as worn-out T-shirts, to be turned into compost. The recycled material is then utilized for agricultural production, emphasizing the concept of a circular economy. This initiative not only aims to minimize textile waste but also provides nutrient-rich compost for farming, enhancing soil health.

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Jun Kamoshida, a prominent compost advisor and the head of Kamoshida Farm in Mitaka City, Tokyo, is spearheading the use of this compost to cultivate a variety of vegetables. The farm now offers these vegetables through Tabe Choku as part of a new vegetable set that highlights the potential for the fashion and agricultural industries to intersect.

By leveraging Tabe Choku’s platform, which boasts over a million users, Vivid Garden aims to amplify the conversation around circularity and solutions to waste reduction.

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