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Obayashi Completes Experimental Building “Open Lab 3” Reusing Structural Members from a Demolished Building; 57% of Steel Frame Made from Reused Material
Sorting Aluminum Scrap by Alloy Type for Closed-Loop Recycling: TRE Group, Nippon Light Metal, and Mizuho Bank Selected for Ministry of the Environment Demonstration Project
High Public Interest in Waste Issues, but Only 13.4% Understand the Term “Circular Economy”: Cabinet Office Releases Preliminary Survey Results
CLAS and Panasonic Launch Trade-In Pilot for Refrigerators and Hair Dryers to Test Infrastructure and Economics of Appliance Replacement
Panasonic to Launch Pilot Collection of Used Air Conditioners in Vietnam and the Philippines, Testing Recycled Material Use with Retail Partners
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“Fear of Data Loss” Keeps Old Phones and PCs in Drawers: Tokyo Partners with NTT Docomo and KDDI to Support Data Transfer and Erasure for Collection
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Obayashi Completes Experimental Building “Open Lab 3” Reusing Structural Members from a Demolished Building; 57% of Steel Frame Made from Reused Material
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Sorting Aluminum Scrap by Alloy Type for Closed-Loop Recycling: TRE Group, Nippon Light Metal, and Mizuho Bank Selected for Ministry of the Environment Demonstration Project
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High Public Interest in Waste Issues, but Only 13.4% Understand the Term “Circular Economy”: Cabinet Office Releases Preliminary Survey Results
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CLAS and Panasonic Launch Trade-In Pilot for Refrigerators and Hair Dryers to Test Infrastructure and Economics of Appliance Replacement
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Panasonic to Launch Pilot Collection of Used Air Conditioners in Vietnam and the Philippines, Testing Recycled Material Use with Retail Partners
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DIC and Toyo Ink Standardize Flexible Packaging Recycling Evaluation Across the Industry: Common Protocol Established for Deinking and Delamination Assessment
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METI and the Ministry of the Environment Publish Evaluation Report on Small Appliance Recycling System; “Reverse-Payment” Transactions Still Exceed Half
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Kubota to sort food waste and plastics from combustible waste for full material recovery; exploring regional models in Yokohama City and Tokushima Prefecture
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NTT DATA and CMP Consortium Launch Platform for Sharing Product Chemical Content Information Across Supply Chains
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Nippon Paper Reuses Used Beverage Cartons as Raw Material for New Cartons, Creating a Closed-Loop Recycling Prototype Through Integrated Production
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Kawasaki City’s Used Plastic Recycling Route Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification Across the Entire Supply Chain—First in Japan for Multiple Operators to Obtain It Jointly
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“Fear of Data Loss” Keeps Old Phones and PCs in Drawers: Tokyo Partners with NTT Docomo and KDDI to Support Data Transfer and Erasure for Collection
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Obayashi Completes Experimental Building “Open Lab 3” Reusing Structural Members from a Demolished Building; 57% of Steel Frame Made from Reused Material
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Sorting Aluminum Scrap by Alloy Type for Closed-Loop Recycling: TRE Group, Nippon Light Metal, and Mizuho Bank Selected for Ministry of the Environment Demonstration Project
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High Public Interest in Waste Issues, but Only 13.4% Understand the Term “Circular Economy”: Cabinet Office Releases Preliminary Survey Results
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CLAS and Panasonic Launch Trade-In Pilot for Refrigerators and Hair Dryers to Test Infrastructure and Economics of Appliance Replacement
News
Panasonic to Launch Pilot Collection of Used Air Conditioners in Vietnam and the Philippines, Testing Recycled Material Use with Retail Partners
News
DIC and Toyo Ink Standardize Flexible Packaging Recycling Evaluation Across the Industry: Common Protocol Established for Deinking and Delamination Assessment
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METI and the Ministry of the Environment Publish Evaluation Report on Small Appliance Recycling System; “Reverse-Payment” Transactions Still Exceed Half
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Kubota to sort food waste and plastics from combustible waste for full material recovery; exploring regional models in Yokohama City and Tokushima Prefecture
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SATO and Recycle Nakadai Partner to Pursue High-Quality Material Recovery: Takeaways from a German Trade Fair
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For Those Who Want to Build a Business at the Right Pace, Not Just Fast: The Kamakura Circular Award Opens Applications
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A third option for food loss. Too Good To Go, the food-loss reduction app now in Japan, takes on redistribution and upstream optimisation
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Visualising Data, Connecting Intentions: The Challenge of “matinno,” the Material Circulation Platform Supporting Circular Architecture
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A community’s strengths can be built from its waste. Why Japan needs Zero Waste® facilitators now more than ever
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Where Is Yokohama’s Circular Journey Headed? “Circular City Yokohama” Today [Yokohama City and the Circular Economy: Vol. 2]
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Seaweed-Derived Adhesive Points the Way to Circular Temporary Spaces: Three Companies Develop LOOPGLUE, Expanding Circular Design Possibilities Through Easy Disassembly and Non-Destructive Removal
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[Report] Kao’s “Ishinomaki Recycreation” Initiative: Ten Years of Social Impact Made Visible — What Value Does Resource Circulation Create for Local Communities?
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Systems Over Awareness: How Totoya’s Zero-Waste Franchise Is Driving Cultural Change
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Toward Responsible Production and Consumption, and Reliable Collection and Circulation Systems: Industry, Government and Academia Explore the Implementation of Sustainable Fashion
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Giving Circular Business a Tangible Form: Prototyping Essentials with Daijiro Mizuno [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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No one chooses a product just because it’s “good for the environment.” Lessons in circular business from disposable vinyl umbrellas and Kyoto’s traditional crafts [CBDS Kyoto Report]
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The Many Dimensions of the Circular Economy: A Reading for the New Cabinet Era
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Toward the Circular 15-Minute City: Designing Circular Neighbourhoods That Bring Prosperity to Communities
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