Four Japanese companies have launched an initiative to jointly collect paper cups used in their stores and recycle them as paper towels!

In order to respond to the voices of customers who are concerned about environmental protection and global warming, Paramita Corporation and Sakai Moving Center Co., Ltd. jointly developed a new moving plan called “Ethical Moving”. The plan allows you to offset CO2 emissions generated during your move by adding 1,000yen to your moving fee.

The plastic bag fee has been in effect since July 2020 in Japan.

Now that more than four years have passed, what results have been achieved? And what activities are being undertaken by various companies?

What is “FRY to FLY” project? The household used cooking oil is collected and reused to produce SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel). 

Summer vacation is coming soon - many of you may be traveling or going on business trips abroad. Living in an island country like Japan, it is not possible to take a train or bus to a neighboring country like in Europe. What can you do to be environmentally conscious?

World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8, one of the international days established by the United Nations. Why don't we start with what we can do to connect our lives with the oceans, which are so close to us, to the future?

Do you live around Daikanyama? Go and visit the resource circulation service “Recycle Stand” at Daikanyama!

A nice initiative we saw during our recent research in Taipei. Today we’d like to introduce a few initiatives we found about resource collection in the city.⁠

In a previous blog, we talked about the difference between “use by” dates and “best before” dates.  Some foods are safe to eat past their best before date, so it's important to check the labels and look at what the dates indicate.

Recently our friends in Sweden sent us some example of what is done in Sweden to combat food loss.  It’s definitely quite interesting and I wish this can be done in Japan too! 

There is a big difference between use-by and best before dates. Why are they different?

In the UK, majority of new cars sold to be electric by 2030. How about Japan?

Sustainable Travel Index rankings have been published!