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Ricoh and Etria to Build Latest Multifunction Printers from Collected Product Parts at Locations Near Consumers, Cutting Virgin Resource Use to as Low as About 21%
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Nitori to Dismantle and Sort Collected Furniture In-House, Targeting Over 10,000 Tons of Material Recovery Annually at New Recycling Center Opening in Saitama Prefecture in Fiscal 2028
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Ministry of the Environment publishes survey on municipal handling of lithium-ion batteries; FY2025 fire incidents hit record high
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Minister’s Award for School Bread Sales to Citizens and Food Rescue Efforts: Winners of the “Food Loss Reduction Promotion Awards” Announced
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Goldwin Launches Circular Project “Circular Action,” Introducing Digital Product Passports
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MLIT Unveils Logo Mark for “Blue Carbon,” Marine CO₂ Absorption, Including a Dedicated Design for J-Blue Credits
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DOWA Launches New Brand “KUROCONEX” for Recycled Metals and Related Products, Covering Products and Services Verified Through Third-Party Certification
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Obayashi Turns Wooden Formwork from Construction Sites into Biochar for Concrete, Cutting 19.3 Tonnes of CO2 on Test Building Exterior Walls
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What Makes “Nudges” Work? Japan’s Ministry of the Environment Publishes Nine Years of Evidence from 45 Pilot Projects
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Cosmo Oil and Three Other Companies Begin Using Waste-Cooking-Oil-Derived Naphtha from SAF Production at Sakai Refinery as Chemical Feedstock
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The Japan Steel Works and Kirin Succeed in Demonstrating Alkaline Depolymerization Technology That Breaks Down Over 95% of PET, Gaining Insights for Mass Production
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Hitachi Develops AI-Based Quality Assessment and Degradation Diagnosis for Recycled Plastics, Targeting Cross-Industry Use of Recycled Materials under Cabinet Office SIP Program
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Kyushu Electric Power and Two Partners Sign Alliance to Build Information Platform for Forecasting Solar Panel Disposal and Promoting Reuse
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Ministry of the Environment Conducts First Progress Check on the Fifth Fundamental Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society: Resource Productivity Rises, but Cyclical Use Rate Stays Flat
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UPDATER Launches Latest Version of “Circular Traceability” Service for Textiles and Apparel
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METI to Hold “Circular Economy Action Week”; Kao, Suntory, Panasonic and Other Participating Companies to Roll Out Actions
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Sumitomo Metal Mining Completes Battery Recycling Plant in Ehime, Japan’s First to Operate at Commercial Scale
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Cabinet approves ordinances to speed up disaster waste processing under amended Waste Management Act
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Turning Construction Site Wood Waste into Flooring Material: Tokyo Board Kogyo and Sanyo UD Build a Recycling System Using the Wide-area Certification Scheme
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Mitsubishi Materials Group to Double Tungsten Recycling Capacity, Certified Under METI Supply Chain Resilience Plan with Approximately ¥8 Billion Investment
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CO2 Captured by Vending Machines Turned into Building Materials: Asahi Soft Drinks Introduces “Carbon Dioxide Tiles” to Rental Apartments for the First Time
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Asia Circular Cities Declaration Expands to 43 Signatory Cities as Yokohama Hosts First APCC Forum
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Recycled Plastic Moves “From Experiment to Implementation”: REMARE and Seven Companies Team Up with Rising Designers for the “REMARE Plastic SUMMIT 2026 Exhibition,” October 14–16
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Partners Selected for Demonstration Project Building a Carbon-Circulation Business Model Centred on a Municipal Waste Treatment Facility in Koriyama, Covering Everything from CO2 Capture to Synthetic Methane Use
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Toli and Asahi Kasei Homes build closed-loop recycling scheme for domestic tile carpets sourced from new-build construction sites
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SuMPO Announces “9th SX Awards”: 20 Winners Include Hakutsuru Sake Brewing’s “Sake Charcoal” Upcycling Project — SuMPO Analysis Finds “Three Expanding Trends”
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Ministry of the Environment and METI Establish Three Task Forces on Plastic Resource Circulation, to Examine Advanced Circular Design and Mass-Balance Labelling
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Saitama Prefecture Opens Applications for CSUP, Its Third Circular Economy Startup Business Plan Contest
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