Japan’s newest bullet train, the N700S, is reusing aluminum alloy from one of its predecessors in a small but significant step forward in the horizontal recycling of aluminum. It looks set to create a pathway for more widespread systematic materials...
Yokohama has been chosen as SDGs Future City and is enthusiastic to build a green and sustainable city in Japan. The city has revised “Yokohama City Climate Change Policy Plan” in 2018, in which the city set up a new goal called “Zero Carbon...
As of this month, Japan banned free plastic bags at retail outlets to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable shopping bags to cut down on waste. In response, a Tokyo-based business-to-business company, K.K. Satisfactory, released a 99%...
The fashion industry is one of the most wasteful industries in the world. Each year, companies waste a staggering amount of textile to increase profits and sales. Although nearly 100% of textiles are recyclable, nearly 95% of reusable textile is...
R Plus Japan, Ltd. is a new joint venture company launched by 12 cross-industry partners that aims to achieve a sustainable society by solving plastic waste issues. Member partners are within the plastics supply chain in Japan: Toyo Seikan Group...
Creating a more sustainable society and economy takes time, effort and planning. Thankfully, Japan has several initiatives towards this goal. In May, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced “Industrial Technology Vision 2020.” It is a...
A Tokyo company, JEPLAN Inc., has started a platform to promote the circulatory use of plastic, across the resource’s lifecycle from collection of used plastic to its recycling, sales and remanufacture. It will also match companies that emit plastic...
JEPLAN Inc., a Tokyo-based Japanese company, is transforming the society from a linear to a circular economy in various fields. It has collaborated with multiple corporations in the past to accelerate the transformation, such as working with Aeon...
In Fukuoka prefecture, Great Morning Hakata hotel and nonprofit organization ‘Junkan-seikatsu Kenkyujo‘ (also known as Namaken, who also brought us LFC Compost) has begun a new effort to tackle food waste. Bio-waste generated by the hotel is...
A SDGs survey by advertising company Dentsu has found that about half of Japanese aim to incorporate minimalism into their lifestyles and avoid plastic. The online questionnaire was conducted in mid-January as the third in a series of surveys...