Chiba University Students Create Environmental Education Tool "eco Toilet Paper" for Elementary and Junior High School Students - Promoting Energy Saving at Home in a Fun Way -

Students from the Chiba University Environmental ISO Student Committee participated in the Chiba City Global Warming Countermeasures Regional Council's Next Generation Subcommittee to create original "eco Toilet Paper" as an environmental education tool for elementary and junior high school students. This initiative aims to raise environmental awareness in daily life without imposing undue burdens.

The toilet paper features an "Let's Practice! Eco Check" theme, with easy-to-understand energy-saving actions for households printed on the packaging and the roll itself. It includes fun, check-style learning opportunities for familiar actions such as switching to LED lighting and updating old appliances.

A total of 1,000 rolls have been produced and are scheduled to be distributed to all students at Chiba Municipal Midoricho Junior High School and Chiba Municipal Midorigaoka Junior High School from late March to April 2026. They will also be distributed as participation prizes to attendees at the "Children's Eco Festival" held on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

Through this initiative, it is expected that children will become interested in saving energy at home and be motivated to think about and take environmentally friendly actions in their daily lives.

Voices from the Students in Charge of the Project

Sota Matsui, 2nd Year, Faculty of Law, Economics and Business; Miho Natori, 2nd Year, Faculty of Engineering

As part of the Chiba City Global Warming Countermeasures Regional Council, the Next Generation Subcommittee works to raise environmental awareness among elementary and junior high school students in the city. As part of this effort, we will be distributing toilet paper that promotes energy-saving actions to junior high schools and at events in the city. We hope that by printing energy-saving actions that can be done at home on toilet paper, which everyone uses in their daily lives, it will serve as a catalyst for improving environmental awareness in everyday life. We express our sincere gratitude to everyone who cooperated in its creation.

About the Chiba City Global Warming Countermeasures Regional Council and the Next Generation Subcommittee

The Chiba City Global Warming Countermeasures Regional Council is an organization that has been active since fiscal year 2004, comprising various stakeholders such as citizens, businesses, and the city, to promote global warming countermeasures tailored to regional characteristics. In fiscal year 2016, the "Next Generation Subcommittee" was established as one of its subcommittees to address global warming issues with a focus on teenagers and young adults who will be the next generation, and students from the Chiba University Environmental ISO Student Committee are active members.

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