In many cases, malt lees—by-products that emerge when beer is brewed—are thrown away as industrial waste. But VOYAGER BREWING, a brewery in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, has found a way to upcycle them into delicious “GRANOLA BARS”...
Takeout plastic and paper lunch boxes produce a considerable amount of waste. It’s bad enough for one person to buy one portion. Groups are seen purchasing lunch boxes in stacks on occasions of outdoor events like the “hanami”...
Since their food-tech startup in June 2020, Next Meats Co. Ltd. has constantly challenged the next possibility in alternative meat. Their philosophy is “not letting the earth end,” and they have been releasing alternative “fake...
Last month, YOU LLC released two cosmetic products, “INAHO Lees Lotion” and “INAHO Lees Serum,” which are made using discarded sake lees. YOU LLC is a company that specializes in developing products using sake lees. Lees are...
SDGs—the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals—is a hot topic influencing many countries and companies to incorporate the concept into their strategy. The entertainment industry is no exception—K-Pop boy group BTS performed at the United...
Update: a(n)action’s crowdfunding project is a success. Congratulations! Climate change is has been having a huge negative impact across the globe in recent years. In the summer of 2021, a temperature of 49.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in...
Until recently, most design work has focused on the economic value it can provide, but with the current climate crisis the world is facing, it is time for companies, municipalities, scientists, and all of us in society to work towards designing...
The National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan—an organization that specializes in environmental research—is now calling for donations towards their activities concerning conserving genetic resources of endangered wildlife species and...
Edible crickets are gaining attention as a possible future alternative food. Japanese startup Gryllus Inc. in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, has been working on the development of food products using crickets since its establishment in 2019. The...
Loop Japan GK, based in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, has announced that from November, the company will start research on implementing a business model for the sale of commercial products with reusable containers via a new sales platform Loop...