Panasonic Corporation and JX Metals Corporation have announced a new partnership to create a circular resource scheme for copper. Beginning in September, their new scheme will recover copper from end-of-life home appliances and reprocess it for use...
ReBuilding Center JAPAN Inc. will host the “Local Reuse Forum 2025” on October 14, an event dedicated to advancing community-based resource circulation. The forum aims to bring together practitioners and interested individuals to share...
Have you ever considered the ultimate destination of clothes you’ve given away so they wouldn’t become waste? We gather them from our wardrobes, pack them into bags, and drop them off at collection boxes or second-hand shops. We believe that...
We may think of cardboard boxes as just a simple box for packaging products in our daily lives. Yet, from the perspective of resource circulation, cardboard is a material with a high 95% recycling rate (according to the Japan Corrugated Case...
Beverage giant Ito En, Ltd. has established a new circular economy model in Shizuoka Prefecture to convert used tea leaves and coffee grounds into biochar, a carbon-rich soil amendment. The initiative was developed with three local partners, and the...
The apparel brand BRING™ has opened a new temporary store in Tokyo where the principles of the circular economy are built into the very structure of the shop. The store, operated by JEPLAN Inc., launched on 12 September in the NEWoMan Takanawa...
Materials trading company Shoko Co., Ltd. has launched a project to recycle manufacturing offcuts from fishing nets and ropes. In collaboration with manufacturers and recycling businesses, they aim to commercialise new products made from this...
Gab Inc. has launched “.Garbon,” a new circular solution that uses carbonisation technology to convert previously hard-to-recycle waste into a range of new materials, including a high-quality synthetic leather. They have also begun a demonstration...
Kyoto, the “Thousand-Year Capital,” continues to thrive as Japan’s cultural capital, a place that embodies a proud tradition and history. It attracts tourists from all over the world and consistently generates future-focused...
Kyoto City will launch a new learning programme this autumn to help local businesses transition to a circular economy. The “Circular Business Design School Kyoto” will run from October 2025 to January 2026, offering free training to approximately 20...