[100% Recycled Plastic Wetsuit Hanger Born] Thinking about connecting resources without discarding, triggered by Environment Day
Bookoff Group will launch the "CD Plastic R2 HANGER" wetsuit hanger, made from 100% recycled CD/DVD material, on May 8, 2026. This product, born from the voices of environmentally conscious surfers, contributes to the realization of a circular economy.
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Bookoff Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Representative Director and President: Yasutaka Horiuchi), through its subsidiary Bookoff Corporation (hereinafter, Bookoff), which operates reuse shops such as "BOOKOFF," aims to further realize a circular economy in its reuse and recycling business. As the seventh new product made from "CD Plastic," a material recycled from discarded CDs and DVDs, the "CD Plastic R2 HANGER," a wetsuit hanger made 100% from DVD cases, will be available for sale at target stores starting May 8, 2026. This product was realized based on feedback from store staff at coastal locations handling marine sports merchandise, as a product for surfers with high environmental awareness who "want to protect the marine landscape." With this launch, the number of BOOKOFF stores handling "CD Plastic" products will expand from 11 to 17, creating an environment where more consumers can access them. By circulating CDs and DVDs sold by customers as everyday items, we aim to broaden opportunities for people to engage with reuse and recycling, and contribute to the realization of a circular economy by reducing waste and CO2 emissions.
■ Consumers internalize environmental issues triggered by Environment Day. CDs and DVDs sold by customers find new life as "CD Plastic" products.
June 5th is Environment Day. The United Nations designated June 5th as "World Environment Day" to commemorate the UN Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972, and in Japan, the Basic Environment Law designates June 5th as "Environment Day." During "Environment Day" and the entire month of June, referred to as "Environment Month" (*1), various events are held to deepen public interest and understanding of environmental conservation issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and to encourage active participation by companies and consumers to internalize these issues.
Bookoff Group is promoting various initiatives to make customers feel familiar with how their unconscious "choices not to discard" in daily life lead to reuse, recycling, and ultimately the realization of a circular economy. One such initiative is the "CD Plastic" business, which recycles CDs and DVDs that did not find sales opportunities into recycled plastic. Bookoff Group purchases approximately 24 million CDs and DVDs annually from customers, but 1,700 tons of items annually are either taken back with customer consent because they cannot be priced at the time of purchase, or are disposed of after a certain period if they cannot be sold. These are collected and sorted in-house and manufactured as recycled plastic material "CD Plastic." In addition to selling resin to businesses, they are also commercialized into products such as the convenient "Sustainable Bucket" for storage, and "Smartphone Stands" and "Stand Clips" that can be used around desks in offices. By transforming them into everyday products and selling them in stores, we aim to make customers feel familiar with reuse and recycling that leads to circulation.
In this way, by making the "CD Plastic" business known, which connects CDs and DVDs that did not find sales opportunities to the next use without discarding them, we provide an opportunity for people to confidently choose not to discard cherished items. Furthermore, by taking advantage of Environment Day to pick up recycled products, Bookoff will contribute to the realization of a circular economy through business activities that lead to the reduction of CD/DVD waste, making actions that lead to a circular society feel familiar.
■ Items for environmentally conscious surfers are born. Sales of wetsuit hangers made 100% from discarded DVD cases begin.
As the seventh "CD Plastic" product, the "CD Plastic R2 HANGER," a wetsuit hanger made 100% from recycled material from discarded DVD cases, will be available for sale at target stores starting May 8, 2026. BOOKOFF, which operates approximately 700 stores nationwide and conducts community-based store management, handles many marine sports-related products such as surfboards, especially in stores near the coast. The new product "CD Plastic R2 HANGER" was born in anticipation of the opening of the swimming season and the arrival of summer, based on the voices of employees working at such coastal stores. Surfers who wear wetsuits are exposed to marine environment conservation activities (*2) by surf-related organizations and professional surfers, and because they have many opportunities to enter the sea, they feel marine debris and environmental changes as immediate issues. Therefore, we developed this product for surfers who "want to use the sea cleanly to maintain beautiful scenery" and "want to use environmentally friendly products to reduce the trash often seen on the sea and beaches."
This product is manufactured using 100% "CD Plastic" material recycled from DVD cases. It aims to give new life to used CDs and DVDs without discarding them.
■ Consumers internalize environmental issues triggered by Environment Day. CDs and DVDs sold by customers find new life as "CD Plastic" products.
June 5th is Environment Day. The United Nations designated June 5th as "World Environment Day" to commemorate the UN Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972, and in Japan, the Basic Environment Law designates June 5th as "Environment Day." During "Environment Day" and the entire month of June, referred to as "Environment Month" (*1), various events are held to deepen public interest and understanding of environmental conservation issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and to encourage active participation by companies and consumers to internalize these issues.
Bookoff Group is promoting various initiatives to make customers feel familiar with how their unconscious "choices not to discard" in daily life lead to reuse, recycling, and ultimately the realization of a circular economy. One such initiative is the "CD Plastic" business, which recycles CDs and DVDs that did not find sales opportunities into recycled plastic. Bookoff Group purchases approximately 24 million CDs and DVDs annually from customers, but 1,700 tons of items annually are either taken back with customer consent because they cannot be priced at the time of purchase, or are disposed of after a certain period if they cannot be sold. These are collected and sorted in-house and manufactured as recycled plastic material "CD Plastic." In addition to selling resin to businesses, they are also commercialized into products such as the convenient "Sustainable Bucket" for storage, and "Smartphone Stands" and "Stand Clips" that can be used around desks in offices. By transforming them into everyday products and selling them in stores, we aim to make customers feel familiar with reuse and recycling that leads to circulation.
In this way, by making the "CD Plastic" business known, which connects CDs and DVDs that did not find sales opportunities to the next use without discarding them, we provide an opportunity for people to confidently choose not to discard cherished items. Furthermore, by taking advantage of Environment Day to pick up recycled products, Bookoff will contribute to the realization of a circular economy through business activities that lead to the reduction of CD/DVD waste, making actions that lead to a circular society feel familiar.
■ Items for environmentally conscious surfers are born. Sales of wetsuit hangers made 100% from discarded DVD cases begin.
As the seventh "CD Plastic" product, the "CD Plastic R2 HANGER," a wetsuit hanger made 100% from recycled material from discarded DVD cases, will be available for sale at target stores starting May 8, 2026. BOOKOFF, which operates approximately 700 stores nationwide and conducts community-based store management, handles many marine sports-related products such as surfboards, especially in stores near the coast. The new product "CD Plastic R2 HANGER" was born in anticipation of the opening of the swimming season and the arrival of summer, based on the voices of employees working at such coastal stores. Surfers who wear wetsuits are exposed to marine environment conservation activities (*2) by surf-related organizations and professional surfers, and because they have many opportunities to enter the sea, they feel marine debris and environmental changes as immediate issues. Therefore, we developed this product for surfers who "want to use the sea cleanly to maintain beautiful scenery" and "want to use environmentally friendly products to reduce the trash often seen on the sea and beaches."
This product is manufactured using 100% "CD Plastic" material recycled from DVD cases. It aims to give new life to used CDs and DVDs without discarding them.