— For the Future of the Earth, Now! What We Can Do — CO2 Annual Emission Reduction Effect Increases by Approx. 14% YoY Due to Increased Collection of Used Food Trays!
Aoki Super Co., Ltd. announced a roughly 14% year-on-year increase in its CO2 emission reduction effect for FY2025, reaching 140 tons. This is attributed to successful awareness campaigns, including school visits and videos, promoting their 'tray-to-tray' horizontal recycling program.
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Aoki Super Co., Ltd. is continuously working with customers to collect used food trays at storefronts and recycle them into new trays.
Recently, in addition to distributing original leaflets and conducting visiting classes at elementary schools, we have developed various awareness activities such as in-store signage and video distribution on YouTube.
Thanks to these initiatives, customers' awareness of recycling has improved, and participation in collection activities has been promoted. As a result, the annual CO2 emission reduction effect associated with the collection of used food trays has significantly increased by approximately 14% compared to the previous year.
[Annual CO2 Emission Reduction Effect Associated with the Collection of Used Food Trays, etc.]
- FY2023 (March 2023 - February 2024): Approx. 114 tons
- FY2024 (March 2024 - February 2025): Approx. 123 tons
+ 9 tons (Approx. 7% UP YoY)
- FY2025 (March 2025 - February 2026): Approx. 140 tons
+ 17 tons (Approx. 14% UP YoY)
[Recycling Initiatives]
Our company has installed resource collection boxes at storefronts to collect used cooking oil, PET bottles, milk cartons, and food trays from customers. The collected trays are transported to FPCO's recycling plant, where they are regenerated into new food trays through 'tray-to-tray' horizontal recycling (a method of circulating resources without changing their purpose before and after recycling).
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[2024.11.27]
Donated the educational manga 'The Secret of Food Trays' to all elementary schools requesting distribution.
[2025.04.28]
For the future of the earth, now! What we can do ♪ Introduced a new type of resource collection box.
[2025.05.21]
Started distributing original leaflets where you can learn playfully through manga!
[2025.09.29]
Let's have fun learning about food loss reduction and recycling with the Rakopon Study Notebook!
Going forward, our company will continue working together with customers on initiatives such as 'Food Tray Recycling', 'Used Cooking Oil Recycling', and 'Food Loss Reduction' to promote global environmental protection and the effective use of resources, thereby contributing to the realization of a sustainable circular economy.
[Distribution of Original Leaflets]
We have created original leaflets featuring our highly popular official characters among small children, 'Rakopon' and 'Aoki Mirai-chan', as the protagonists. These are distributed at storefronts and visiting classes, allowing families to enjoy learning about food tray recycling at home.
[Distribution of Original Videos]
Under the theme of 'Wash clean and turn into valuable resources ♪', we have produced original videos and distribute them via in-store signage and YouTube to promote awareness towards sustainable recycling of used food trays and PET bottles.
[2025.03.21]
YouTube: Wash clean and turn into valuable resources ♪ (Narration: Aoki Mirai)
[Visiting Classes to Elementary Schools]
In cooperation with local governments and elementary schools, we conduct visiting classes on food loss reduction and resource recycling activities (food trays and used cooking oil) in an easy-to-understand and fun way, utilizing the 'Rakopon Study Notebook'.
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To ensure that children can learn while having even more fun while staying mindful of familiar environmental issues, our company has produced the 'Rakopon Study Notebook'. It summarizes each class theme (Food Loss Reduction, Food Tray Recycling, Used Cooking Oil Recycling) in an easy-to-understand manner and is utilized in visiting classes.
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