FamilyMart and Bookoff Launch Pilot Program for Clothing and Goods Collection Boxes: FamilyMart Stores Become New Hubs for Resource Circulation

FamilyMart Co., Ltd., headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and Bookoff Corporation, headquartered in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, have partnered to launch a pilot experiment for "R-LOOP" collection boxes for clothing and miscellaneous goods. The experiment began on April 13, 2026, in about 30 FamilyMart stores, primarily in Setagaya and Suginami Wards, Tokyo. This initiative aims to verify the convenience and environmental contribution of easy reuse, with plans for potential nationwide expansion. The program addresses the social issue of approximately 560,000 tons of clothing being incinerated or landfilled annually in Japan, as reported by the Ministry of the Environment in July 2025. Leveraging FamilyMart's network of over 16,400 stores, similar to its "Famima Food Drive" (operating in approximately 4,900 stores as of March 2026), this program extends resource collection to clothing and goods. The partnership with Bookoff Group, which has specialized reuse and recycling infrastructure, aims to establish convenience stores as new resource circulation hubs. The initiative targets an annual reduction of approximately 4,000 tons of clothing waste. Key features include a 10-second drop-off process, traceability through identification stickers and database management, and social contribution where 1 yen per kilogram of reused items is donated to NPOs. Collected items are reused in Bookoff's overseas shops "Jalan Jalan Japan" in Malaysia and Kazakhstan, or recycled by partner companies.