FamilyMart and Book-Off began a pilot project last week to install R-LOOP collection boxes for clothing and sundries in convenience stores. The trial takes place at approximately 30 stores in the Setagaya and Suginami wards of Tokyo, focusing on...
Bookoff Corporation will open its third Furusato Bookoff store in Fukaura Town, Aomori Prefecture, on 25 April. This store address the lack of bookstores in the area while promoting a circular economy through the reuse of second-hand books...
Itakura Town in Gunma Prefecture has launched a new resource circulation initiative in partnership with the PASSTO service to promote the reuse and recycling of unwanted clothing. The town has installed PASSTO collection boxes at five public...
Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. and Itochu Corporation have entered a capital and business alliance, aimed at expanding reuse services by leveraging Itochu’s extensive retail network, including approximately 16,400 FamilyMart stores across Japan. The...
Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores will launch its Spring 2026 ECOFF Campaign across 10 locations nationwide starting 3 March. This campaign is part of the company’s “Think GREEN” sustainability project, and invites customers to bring...
Jimoty Inc. is collaborating with Matsubara City, opening the Jimoty Spot Matsubara Store today. Located within the Seven Park Amami shopping mall, this facility marks the first public-private reuse hub in Matsubara City. The collaboration has...
Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service (SMAS) has started supplying used electric vehicles to a group company of The Sumitomo Warehouse, creating a reuse model for corporate fleet electrification. The collaboration involves SMAS providing “Reuse...
Beverage startup NOMU Enterprise G.K. has partnered with the City of Yokohama to launch a pilot test for Japan’s first reusable cup drink dispensing machine. The first “NOMU POD” unit was installed on the 25th floor of the Yokohama...
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...
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...