“FRY to FLY” Project
What is “FRY to FLY” project? The household used cooking oil is collected and reused to produce SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel).
CARBON-OFFSET
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 - JUNE 8TH
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?
Resource circulation service “Recycle Stand”
Do you live around Daikanyama? Go and visit the resource circulation service “Recycle Stand” at Daikanyama!
Eco-friendly initiatives seen in Taiwan
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.
Sweden’s food loss initiatives
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!
[NEWS] Use-by date vs Best before date
There is a big difference between use-by and best before dates. Why are they different?
[WORLD NEWS] UK : Majority of new cars to be electric by 2030
In the UK, majority of new cars sold to be electric by 2030. How about Japan?
[WORLD NEWS] Sustainable Travel Index rankings
Sustainable Travel Index rankings have been published!
[WORLD NEWS] TAIWAN : Starbucks Borrow a Cup Service
TAIWAN : Starbucks Borrow a Cup Service available in over 500 stores
[WORLD NEWS] JAL launches new service to help customers reduce baggage
Japan Airlines (JAL) has started a trial of a clothing rental service called "Any Wear, Anywhere" as a service to reduce luggage.
[WORLD NEWS] England : Eco friendly refillable Coca Cola bottles
Trial for delivery and collection of refillable Coke Zero Sugar bottles starts in England!