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May 25, 2006
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Sapporo to Use Warm Water from a Sewage Plant for Clean Heating
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May 24, 2006
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Hydroponic Method Using Organic Fertilizer Developed
The National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture ...
May 17, 2006
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Japan Urgently Needs to Increase Recovery of Rare Metal 'Indium'
As thin-film display screens such as liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) and plasmati...
May 14, 2006
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Tokyo Gov't Launches Web-Based Reporting on Industrial Waste Emitters
On February 1, 2006, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government started releasing informa...
May 5, 2006
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Miyagi Co-op to Build New Recycling Center
On December 2, 2005, Miyagi Co-op, a consumer cooperative in Miyagi Prefecture i...
April 27, 2006
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A Sustainable Society without Lowering Living Standards? 2005 Public Opinion Poll on Environment
The Japanese government's Cabinet Office conducted a poll on environmental issue...
April 27, 2006
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Itochu Corp. to Launch Recyclable 'MOTTAINAI' Brand Neckties
Itochu Corp., a major Japanese trading company, started selling neckties in Apri...
April 5, 2006
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Japan's New Action Plan to Create a Recycling-Oriented Society through the 3Rs
In an effort to create recycling-oriented societies in Asia, in November 2005 th...
April 5, 2006
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Ajinomoto Group Launches 'Zero Emissions' Plan for 2005 - 2010
The Ajinomoto Group announced on September 21, 2005 that it has launched a new p...
March 26, 2006
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Deposit System for Collecting Used Fluorescent Light Tubes Tested in Osaka
The Waste Reduction and Recycling Promotion Council Osaka in Osaka Prefecture in...
March 15, 2006
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Ministry Releases Japanese Waste Statistics for FY2003
Japan's non-industrial waste (garbage and human waste) volume in fiscal 2003 tot...
March 15, 2006
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Railways Group Creates Total Recycling System of Food Wastes
In October, 2005, Keio Corporation, an urban railway group operating in Tokyo, s...
March 11, 2006
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Paper Mill Raises Earthworms
Nippon Paper Industries Co. of Japan has been culturing earthworms using residue...
March 11, 2006
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Report Discusses Future of Japan's Eco Town Program
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a report re...
March 8, 2006
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Sorted Collection of Waste Containers and Packaging Up 1.2% in FY 2004
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment revealed on September 15, 2005 that mor...
March 4, 2006
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Trade Ministry Tests "Bring Your Own" Cup Vending Machine
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has installed a vending mac...
March 1, 2006
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Easy-to-Recycle Cardboard Box Appears in Vegetable Markets
Japan's Toppan Printing Co. and its subsidiary, Toppan Containers Co., announced...
February 20, 2006
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Kyoto City Starts Project to Create Hydrogen from Food Waste and Used Cooking Oil
Kyoto City has launched a research project to produce hydrogen for fuel cells fr...
February 15, 2006
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Tokyo Launches IC-Tagged Medical Waste Tracking System
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on October 11, 2005, that it has dev...
February 8, 2006
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Collection of Returnable Packaging for Massage Chairs Starts
Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., a major Japanese consumer electronics manufactur...
February 8, 2006
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Tree-Planting Added to Campaign to Reduce Plastic Bag Use
The Ogaki Citizens' Conference for the Environment, a cooperative organization i...
February 2, 2006
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Environment Ministry Sponsors Eco-Friendly Shopping Campaign
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment sponsored an "Eco-Friendly Shopping Cam...
February 2, 2006
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Coal Ash Pavement Technology to Mitigate Heat Island Effect
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced on October 4, 2005, that it has devel...
January 30, 2006
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Convenience Stores Sell Food Grown from Own Food Waste Compost
Circle K Sunkus Co., a Japanese convenience store chain, has been conducting a s...
January 30, 2006
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Takamatsu City Shops Encourage Customers to Carry Chopsticks, Protect Forests
Since October 2005 some restaurants in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, in wes...
January 27, 2006
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900 Vessels Adopt Improved Screw Propeller Developed by Mitsui O.S.K.
The high energy efficiency of Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF), a screw propeller ...
January 21, 2006
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Sekisui House Achieves Zero Waste at New Construction Sites
Sekisui House, Ltd., a leading Japanese home builder, achieved zero waste at its...
January 18, 2006
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Seven-Eleven Japan Promoting Paperless Accounting in Stores
Seven-Eleven Japan Co., a major convenience store chain in Japan, has moved tow...
January 13, 2006
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Organic Rice Grown in Biomass Project
Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture, has been promoting a project to grow food us...
January 12, 2006
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Recycling System for FRP Vessels Underway
The Japan Boating Industry Association, a group of manufacturers of fiber reinfo...
January 12, 2006
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Waste-to-Cement Material Recycling Project Awarded
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced the winners of th...
January 2, 2006
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Almost All Municipalities to Start Sorted Collection of Packaging Waste
Almost all Japanese municipalities have formulated their five-year plans for sor...
December 15, 2005
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Toyota Tsusho Establishes Joint-Venture Recycling Company in China
On August 8, 2005, Toyota Tsusho announced the establishment of the recycling co...
December 15, 2005
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Patagonia, Teijin Launch Complete Recycling of Polyester Garments
On September 1, 2005 Patagonia, Inc. (an American outdoor gear and apparel compa...
December 8, 2005
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Burger Shops Near Expo Sites Join Forces for Food Waste Recycling
Mos Food Services, Inc., a Japanese hamburger chain, carried out experimental fo...
November 25, 2005
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Tokyo Electric Power Starts Recycling Fiber Optic Cables
Tokyo Electric Power Co., has started collecting used fiber optic cables and rec...
November 23, 2005
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Oita Conducts Citywide Cleanup for New Guinness Record
Aiming to make their city the cleanest one in Japan, 147,410 citizens joined a c...
November 23, 2005
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Waste-to-Food Composting Program Adopted for School Lunch
A Waste-to-Food composting program has been underway in Toyonaka City, Osaka Pre...
November 18, 2005
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Food Waste Recycling Using 'Eco-Money' Starts in Kanagawa Shopping Arcade
A new recycling project for food waste using "eco-money," a community currency, ...
November 13, 2005
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2 Metal Manufacturers Launch Fly Ash Recycling Business
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. (Mitsui Kinzoku) and Pacific Metals Co. will launch...
November 7, 2005
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Power Generated from New Heat-Resistant Ceramic Material
The Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices (RIUED) (Ikeda City, Osaka)...
October 31, 2005
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Local Town Launches NPO for "Zero Waste" Efforts
Aiming for zero waste, Kamikatsu Town, Tokushima Prefecture, has been active in ...
October 28, 2005
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Sharp Succeeds in Recycling Indium from LCD Panels
Sharp Corp., a major Japanese electronics manufacturer, has succeeded in recycli...
October 26, 2005
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Networking of Recycling Zones in Asia Proposed
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan launched a pub...
October 20, 2005
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Cell Phone Collection Sags: 2005 Rate Drops by 27%
Japan's Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) and the Communications and...
October 20, 2005
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Fee-Based Collection Cuts Combustible Waste by 5,760 Tons
Chofu City, a part of the Tokyo metropolis, has been charging citizens for waste...
October 12, 2005
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Used Generator Brushes Recycled into Mechanical Pencil Leads
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and Tombow Pencil Co. announced on May 20, 2005...
October 8, 2005
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Revision of Japan's Package Recycling System Being Considered
The Ministry of the Environment released an interim report on how to revise the ...
October 5, 2005
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Japanese Consortium Recycles Paper Sludge into Zeolites
A research consortium has developed a technology to produce low-cost, high-quali...
October 2, 2005
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Aichi Prefecture to Introduce a Tax on Industrial Waste in 2006
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