Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
January 29, 2013
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Biodiesel Made from Used Cooking Oil Powering Fleet of Delivery Vehicles
Biomass Japan Inc., a seller of biodiesel fuel (BDF) production equipment, annou...
January 24, 2013
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Supermarket Chains in Japan Hold Contest to Curb Plastic Shopping Bag Use
Ten major supermarket chains in Japan's Kochi Prefecture staged a "shopping ...
January 21, 2013
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Recycling Circle Linked through Recycled Trays
Since November 2004, Shinjo City in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan has been operatin...
December 24, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fujitsu Reuses Own Products in the Manufacture of PCs
Electronics giant Fujitsu Ltd. announced on August 17, 2012, that it had begun t...
November 15, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Survey Shows Increasing Awareness of 3Rs and Biodiversity
According to the Japanese government's "Public Opinion Survey on the Environment...
November 11, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Teijin, Asahi Kasei, Kyoto City Start Recycling School Gym Uniforms
Teijin Fibers Ltd. (now Teijin Frontier Co.), a leading manufacturer of poly...
October 28, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kyoto City to Exchange "My Bottle" and Used Clothing for Eco-money
Kyoto City is implementing a project to introduce a local currency called "Kyoto...
October 12, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Fertilizer from Kitchen Waste Helps to Grow Mineral-Rich Vegetables
Nippon Food Recycling Network, a Japanese nonprofit organization (NPO) found...
September 22, 2012
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Public-Private-Academic Group to Produce Carbonate Monomer from CO2 Recovered from Municipal Waste
The city of Iizuka in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture announced on May 18, 2012, that...
September 9, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Book Exchange Promotes Community between Students and Residents
A book exchange event held at Sanyo Girls' Junior and High Schools in Okayama Ci...
September 5, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Seven & i Retailer Introduces First Full-Circle Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling System in Stores
Seven & i Holdings Co., a major Japanese retail group, announced on April 16, 20...
September 1, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Institute Develops Continuous S Type Rotifer Culture System with No Environmental Stress
Japan's Fisheries Research Agency (FRA), an incorporated administrative agen...
August 31, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japanese Clothing Retailer Holds Clothes-Recycling Campaign at 18 Stores Nationwide
World Co., a leading Japanese clothing retail chain, launched a campaign to ...
August 22, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Osaka's New Bicycle-Share Project Aims to Give Jobs to the Homeless and Bikes to the People
Homedoor, a non-profit organization based in the city of Osaka, launched a pr...
August 4, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
High-Performance Dephosphorizing Material Developed by Recycling Concrete Sludge
Nippon Concrete Industries Co., a Japanese manufacturer of concrete products...
July 30, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MOE Launches Online Tool to Calculate Reduced Life Cycle Impacts on Environment of Retailers' 3R Activities
On April 17, 2012, Japan's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) unveiled an online ...
July 22, 2012
Policy / Systems
Local Currency 'Atom' Introduced in Local Shopping District
A local currency named the "Atom" was distributed to people in exchange for used...
July 13, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kobe City to Recover Sewage Phosphorus for Fertilizer
Kobe, a major city in central Japan, announced on March 30, 2012, that its p...
July 3, 2012
Environmental Technology
Aichi Prefecture Converts Sewage Sludge into Carbonized Biomass Fuel
Aichi Prefecture, in central Japan, started producing carbonized biomass fu...
July 1, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Honda Motor Starts Rare Earth Recycling from Used Parts
Honda Motor Co. announced on April 17, 2012 that the company will begin recyclin...
June 21, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
NEDO Launches Project to Improve Automotive Recycling in Beijing
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO...
June 14, 2012
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese Egg Producer Receives Ecofeed Certificate
The Japan Livestock Industry Association announced on February 10, 2012, th...
June 7, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Companies, University Develop Method to Make Animal Feed from Coffee Residue
Marubeni Corp., a general trading company, and Meiwa Sangyo Co., a food bypr...
May 15, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MOE Conducts Experiment to Collect Plastic Products at Stores
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) conducted a pilot project called "PLA-...
April 28, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ajinomoto Adopts Eco-Friendly Recycling Method for Bottled Coffee
Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc. (AGF), a major Japanese manufacturer of food ...
April 20, 2012
Environmental Technology
Biodegradable Plastic-Decomposing Enzymes Successfully Mass Produced
Left: One day after spraying enzyme fluid with water absorptive po lymer / Righ...
March 25, 2012
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Panasonic Launches Appliances Made with Recycled Resources
Panasonic Corp., a major consumer electronics manufacturer based in Japan, a...
March 4, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
The GIAJ and its Member Companies Reduce Electricity Use by 26% over 10-Year Period
The General Insurance Association of Japan (GIAJ) compiled the 17th issue of a r...
February 28, 2012
Policy / Systems
Community, Local Government Working Together to Reduce Use of Plastic Bags in Oita Prefecture
The Oita prefectural government announced on November 2, 2011, that Haruo F...
February 8, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japan Maintains World's Highest PET Bottle Collection Rate in 2010
(Blue: Plastic production and Sales/Recycling rate of plastic bottles in Japan;...
February 7, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
City Project Tests Microbes to Maximize Decomposition of Organic Waste
The city of Mitsuke, Niigata Prefecture, in northwestern Japan, conducted a ...
January 26, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ezorock Grows Organic Vegetables by Utilizing Garbage from Rock Festival
Ezorock is a Japanese non-government organization that focuses on the theme ...
January 20, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
'Bukubuku' Exchange Events Popping Up in Japan
A curiously named activity centered on books, "bukubuku koukan," has been gr...
January 19, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sony Uses Flame-Retardant Recycled Plastic in LCD TV Screen Rims
On February 8, 2011, Sony Corporation announced that it had developed a type...
January 9, 2012
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
OGIS-RI to Expand Social Contribution Activities through PC Reuse
On March 1, 2011, OGIS-RI Co. announced that it will expand its "Hajimaru-kun" s...
December 25, 2011
Renewable Energy
Hitachi Zosen Inova AG based in Switzerland Subsidiary Accepts Order to Construct Municipal Energy-from-Waste Plant in UK
Hitachi Zosen Corp. (Hitz), a Japanese company engaged in engineering and manufa...
December 22, 2011
Environmental Technology
Japanese University Grows Vegetables at Wastewater Treatment Plant
Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) announced on September 29, 2011, that i...
December 17, 2011
Renewable Energy
Public-Private-Academic Partnership in Kyoto to Convert Municipal Solid Waste into Ethanol
The city of Kyoto announced on August 19, 2011 that, together with Hitachi Z...
December 7, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Mazda Recycles Scrapped Bumpers for New Vehicles
For the first time in the world, Mazda Motor Corp., a major Japanese automaker, ...
December 1, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nippon Paper to Use Wooden Rubble from Great East Japan Earthquake as Factory Fuel
Nippon Paper Industries Co. announced on August 22, 2011, that it would acc...
November 20, 2011
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Waste Canning Syrup Utilized as Swine Feed
SEW Daisaikai Farm, a pig farming company in Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefectu...
November 17, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japanese Company to Use Waste Cooking Oil to Fuel Farming Equipment
Daichi Wo Mamoru Kai (the Association to Preserve the Earth), an organic pro...
October 8, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kanazawa University Students Hold Second-Hand Market to Collect Donations for Disaster Area
A student club named "Second Use" in Kanazawa University, located in Ishikawa Pr...
August 7, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Suntory Completes Japanese Industry's First B-to-B Recycling System for PET Bottles
Suntory Food International Co., a major beverage company in Japan, announced...
July 17, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Japanese Waste Management Association Establishes Task Team on Disaster Waste Management and Reconstruction
The Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM) establis...
July 3, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Recycled Cooking Oil Used For Delivering Relief Supplies from Taiwan
U's Corp., a used cooking oil recycling company in Japan, delivered relief s...
June 28, 2011
Renewable Energy
Japanese Start-Up to Commercialize Low-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery System
Da Vinci Co., a start-up company specializing in heat control technologies i...
June 27, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Tokyo Gas Starts Feeding Food Waste-Derived Biogas into City Gas Grid
Tokyo Gas Co., a major gas supplier in Japan, and Bio Energy Corp., a food r...
June 25, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
JEN's Book Magic Changes Dust Collecting Books on Shelf into Schools
JEN, a Japanese non-profit organization providing international humanitarian ass...
June 20, 2011
Education
Eco-Study School Trips in Kitakyushu City
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