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...
From 4 to 22 November, the Setouchi Factory View 2026 will invite the public to visit 48 manufacturing businesses across Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures. These businesses will open their facilities to everyone over 19 days, and will feature more...
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has partnered with packaging specialist GeoPack Co., Ltd. to supply paper-based coffee packaging for Tokyo-based coffee brand BERTH COFFEE. Their “FutureBio Bag” uses a high-barrier functional paper...


