Yokohama City and Lawson, Inc., a leading Japanese convenience store chain, signed a waste reduction agreement for two years, fiscal 2007 and 2008. This is the first such agreement reached between the city and a convenience store chain.

Yokohama has been promoting a program to reduce the city's waste volume by 30 percent compared to 2001 levels by 2010, the "Yokohama G30 Waste Reduction Plan." Toward this goal, the city concluded an agreement for the period from fiscal 2002 to 2006, called the "Agreement on Eco-Friendly Activities for Reduction of Containers and Packages," with local supermarkets, department stores and consumers' cooperative stores to promote packaging waste reduction.

In fiscal 2007, this agreement was renamed the "G30 Waste Reduction Eco-Partner Agreement," and the city is now pursuing the cooperation of convenience stores. Under the agreement, retailers must avoid unnecessary packaging and promote the recycling of paper cartons or food trays by collecting them in their stores.


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Posted: 2008/03/07 03:10:50 PM

TAG Local government , Material reduction , Non-manufacturing industry