The Association for the Promotion of Research on Production Technology has started recruitment for its 2025 special research group on the “Advanced Circular Use of Steel Scrap.” The group, led by Associate Professor Ichiro Daigo of The...
Architect Developer Inc. (ADI) announced it will adopt the world’s first plasterboard made from 100% recycled gypsum in its new residential construction projects. The developer will begin using the carbon-neutral “Chiyoda Circular Gypsum...
Takenaka Corporation and DesignFuture Japan have established a common evaluation standard for circular building materials, which could aid in accelerating the construction industry’s transition to a circular economy. The new standard is being...
Tanaka Precious Metals Group announced a new business partnership with JEPLAN that aims to drastically reduce carbon emissions from its metal recovery operations and establish a new circular system for plastics. The partnership will tap on...
The Japanese government has announced specific new standards to certify plastic products with superior environmental designs, a move aimed at accelerating the country’s transition to a circular economy. The criteria, published by the Ministry...
Japan’s Ministry of the Environment has completed a second call for applications for a programme designed to help local governments transition to a circular economy. The initiative aims to support municipalities and prefectures in developing...
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...