Waste management firm Sugawara Sangyo has opened a new community hub, Sea-Mt Eco Base, in Isahaya, Nagasaki, earlier this week, with the goal of creating a local centre for resource circulation and environmental education. The facility is described...
A brewery in Hokkaido is again partnering with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters baseball team to upcycle players’ broken bats into a unique craft beer, following the overwhelming success of last year’s project. Yo-Ho Brewing Company will...
A new farming project has been launched in Japan to turn human hair into a valuable resource for agriculture. It’s a material typically destined for incineration, but an urban hair salon is working with a rural farm to use it as a resources...
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in February set out revisions to shift the country from a linear to a circular economy, stressing that circularity must be designed across the whole product life cycle, not left to individual...
Over 20 companies will host a two-day event in Tokyo to mark “Reuse Day” on August 8, aiming to foster a greater understanding of the circular economy among the public, particularly the younger generation. The event, titled “August...
Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium has unveiled new staff uniforms made from locally sourced, discarded fishing nets, successfully implementing amu Inc.’s upcycled nylons. The new uniforms are the first commercial application for amuca®, a unique...
Tsunan Brewery Co., Ltd. has launched a project to transform byproducts from sake production into high-tech materials, including semiconductors and nanoparticles for use in cosmetics. The Sake Upcycling Project, which began this month, aims to...
Kyoei Steel Co., Ltd. has launched a new campaign featuring the iconic Japanese superhero Ultraman to promote its “Ethical Steel” product line. This is an effort to increase public and industry awareness of the company’s circular...
A consortium of five Japanese companies has launched a new service to help manufacturers integrate circular economy principles into their core operations, named “Circular Co-Evolution” (CCE). The collaboration brings together Sumitomo...
On June 20th, Japan’s Ministry of the Environment published a new policy outline aimed at significantly expanding the nation’s reuse market, a key component of its circular economy ambitions. The “Direction for a Roadmap for the Promotion of...