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May 14, 2021 Local News
Kumamoto Tests Sale of Trash For Shopping Bag Use
Kumamoto City began a social trial selling the city’s trash bags as substitutes for plastic shopping bags. In collaboration with 28 local Lawson shops that previously sold 3-yen pl...
May 11, 2021 Local News
Kyuden Invests ¥250 Billion Into Reusable Energy Project
On Apr. 28, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kyuden) announced its Carbon Neutral Vision 2050. During the next five years, the company would invest approximately ¥250 million to in...
Apr 7, 2021 Local News
Public Hearing Event In Itoshima for Wind Power Project
A large-scale wind power generation business is planned for an area in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, including land bordering on Itoshima. This is an important chance for resident...
Feb 4, 2021 Local News
Haneda-Fukuoka Flight To Use Recycled Clothes As Fuel
On February 4, Japan Airlines will operate a Haneda-Fukuoka flight burning fuel made from 100,000 pieces of used clothes. The first domestic project to produce fuel from non-fossil...
Jan 9, 2021 Local News
Snow Continues to Accumulate Across Northern Kyushu
A broad area of northern Kyushu was left under a blanket of snow after a massive cold air front flowed over the region. As of 5:00 a.m., seven-centimeter snow-covered Saga Station'...
Jan 4, 2021 Local News
Compost Bag From Fukuoka on Sale in France
Fukuoka-based Local Food Cycling is selling their stylish compost bag in France. The handbag-like container can compost approximately 300 g of daily kitchen wastes for 1.5 ~ 2 mont...
Dec 21, 2020 Local News
Zero-CO2 Emission Scooter Approved for Roads
A zero-CO2 emission scooter developed by high-school students in Dazaifu City received authorization to run on the public roads. On Dec. 3, the four students at Chikushidai High Sc...
Nov 5, 2020 Local News
Power Plant CO2 Capture Tests Start in Omuta
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation will test a new CO2 capturing system at the Mikawa biomass plant in Omuta City, Fukuoka. The program aims to capture over-500 tons of...
Oct 29, 2020 Local News
World’s First Recycled Paper Diaper Tested in Kagoshima
Unicharm Corporation announced the expansion of its Kagoshima-based diaper recycling project into the next decade. Since 2016, the company has conducted public trials to collect an...
Oct 16, 2020 Local News
Munakata Global Environmental Symposium Streams Video
Munakata Global Environmental Symposium begins online today. With the annual theme of “Tokowaka ~ the law of the nature and circle of life,” the seventh edition of the event (Oct. ...