Closed-loop recycling of used corrugated cardboard
First written in FY2023-Q1. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023-Q2. Latest entry: FY2025.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「For certain customers, a partner company will collect some of the used cardboard generated at the center, produce recycled paper from it and supply it to us. We will turn the material into cardboard for packaging.」
The company established a process to collect used cardboard, turn it into recycled paper and use it as packaging cardboard for shipments from customers' online shops. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We established a closed-loop recycling model in which used cardboard generated at offices, stores and logistics centers is collected, converted into recycled raw material and brought back as paper bags or cardboard. This has enabled the sale of recycled paper bags and the reuse of cardboard for shipping.」
The company established a circular model for collecting used cardboard, converting it into recycled raw material and reusing it for paper bags and shipping cardboard, and progressed to the utilization stage for sales and shipping. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Paper bags are already sold at our directly operated stores in Tokyo and on our EC site, Shimojima Online Shop. From around November 2022, we will begin using recycled courier bags and cardboard for some of the shipping materials used to dispatch products purchased through our EC site. Used cardboard, the source material for the recycled paper, is collected from a total of 7 locations, including Shimojima headquarters, our directly operated stores in Tokyo and logistics centers, and all of it is used as raw material.」
In addition to selling recycled paper bags, the company established a concrete plan to use recycled courier bags and cardboard for shipping EC products from around November 2022, and outlined a system for collecting used cardboard from 7 locations. - FY2023-Q1First statedAnnual report
「We launched a closed-loop recycling initiative, in cooperation with 丸紅フォレストリンクス株式会社, 丸紅ペーパーリサイクル株式会社, 興亜工業株式会社 and ヘイコーパック株式会社, to manufacture paper bags from our used cardboard and turn it into new products. The paper bags produced are sold at some of our directly operated stores in Tokyo and through our online shop. Taking the establishment of this circular recycling model as an opportunity, we will expand the remanufacturing of various paper products, not only paper bags, and work toward achieving a sustainable society through our business.」
The company began, in cooperation with multiple companies, a circular recycling initiative to turn its used cardboard into paper bags for sale at its directly operated stores and online shop. It stated that it plans to expand the initiative to paper products other than paper bags.