Business case

Impact on increased knowledge and understanding as a result of the case study

Increase Awareness

Providing specialist services to support consumers, businesses, andgovernments

Professional Services

Providing public and private education and support services at any level or for any profession, and governmental and public administration services, including judicial, regulatory, and legislative activities, taxation, defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes

Education and Government Services

Providing recreational and cultural services, including hotels, resorts, casinos, sport and fitness centers, stadiums, golf courses and amusement parks, restaurants, bars, pubs, fast-food or take-out facilities, as well as libraries and museums

Hospitality and Tourism

Reuse, repurpose, and recycle waste streams within other industries

Valorise waste streams - open loop

Engage with the local community where facilities or offices are located

Community collaboration

Collection programmes that process products and parts for reuse or recycling within other industries

Open loop collection

Transforming waste products, materials for reuse within other industries

Open loop upcycling

Using waste materials that have been processed and recycled to produce new products within other industries

Using open loop recycled materials

Working together with stakeholders and parties in other unrelated industries to implement circular economy strategies and opportunities

Cross-industry projects, pilots

Provide guidance or professional training to educate employees to use circular economy principles

Training on the circular economy

Circular Economy in school programmes

Extra-curricular education

Data, knowledge & information sharing

Conduct research

Advocate for circular change

Voluntary agreements around circular ambitions

Matchmaking platforms

Living labs

Awareness raising events

Information campaigns

**Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all**

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was already off-track to achieve its education targets. If no additional measures are taken, only one in six countries will meet SDG4 and achieve universal access to quality education by 2030. An estimated 84 million children and young people will still be out of school and an estimated 300 million students will still not have the basic numeracy and literacy skills they need to succeed in life. 

To deliver SDG4, education systems must be re-imagined, and education financing must become a priority national investment.

The goal targets to :
- ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes;
- ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education;
- ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational, and tertiary education, including university;
- substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs, and entrepreneurship;
- eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and children in vulnerable situations;
- ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy;
- ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development;
- build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all;
- substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries;
- substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States.

Source: [https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4](https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4)



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4. Quality education

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

**Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable**

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The pandemic has caused major shifts in migration patterns, including huge movements of people in and out of urban areas. Furthermore, climate change and conflicts tend to have disproportionate impacts on cities. These factors mean that the world is far from achieving the goal of sustainable cities.  
In many developing countries, slum populations have been growing, putting at risk the target of adequate housing for all by 2030. Since 2015, the number of countries with national disaster risk reduction strategies has more than doubled. 

Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, and social, human and economic development. Urban planning, transport systems, water, sanitation, waste management, disaster risk reduction, access to information, education and capacity-building are all relevant issues to sustainable urban development.

This target entails multiple essential concepts such as disaster risk reduction (DRR) and sustainable transport.

To achieve SDG 11, efforts must focus on strengthening capacities for planning for urban development, improving access to public transportation, and enhancing waste management. 

Sources: [https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11](https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11)
[https://sdgs.un.org/topics/sustainable-cities-and-human-settlements](https://sdgs.un.org/topics/sustainable-cities-and-human-settlements)


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11. Sustainable cities and communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

**Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development**

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Progress towards achieving SDG17 has been mixed. On the one hand, there have been some advances in areas such as development aid, remittances flows, and access to technology. However, funding for development remains a major challenge, particularly in low income countries. 
Additionally, geopolitical tensions and the rise of nationalism in some parts of the world have made it more difficult to achieve international cooperation and coordination. 
Many developing countries are battling record inflation, rising interest rates and looming debt burdens, competing priorities, and limited fiscal space. A major surge in concerted action is needed to ensure developing countries have access to the financing and technologies needed to accelerate SDG implementation.

To achieve goal 17, capacity-building activities are essential as they're aimed at strengthening and maintaining the capabilities of states and societies to design and implement strategies that minimize the negative impacts of current social, economic and environmental crises and emerging challenges. This particularly makes sense to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation.
As the achievement of Sustainable Development requires all hands on deck, these multi-stakeholder partnerships must happen around key topics such as finance, science, technology and trade. 


Sources: [https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal17](https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal17)
[https://sdgs.un.org/topics/capacity-development](https://sdgs.un.org/topics/capacity-development)


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17. Partnerships for the Goals

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Cycle strategies aim to cycle and reuse materials at their highest value: they maximise the volume of secondary materials re-entering the economy, ultimately minimising the need for virgin material inputs and therefore also narrowing flows. Of course, virgin materials will always be needed to a degree: all materials degrade and can’t be cycled infinitely, use energy, and require blending with virgin materials to maintain strength and functionality.

Cycle

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A framework of policy instruments that enabled and encourage the transition to the circular economy

Policy Instruments

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A framework of policy instruments that enable and stimulate the transition to the circular economy

The principles of a circular economy concern designing out waste, regenerating ecosystems and keeping items in use. Decoupling the economy from material flows—improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate—is also a consistent guide. By evolving with the growing number of applications of circular economy principles, and consolidating these strategies across thematic areas, Circle Economy’s Key Elements Framework (KE) renders the elements of the circular economy salient and serves as a basis to derive contextual strategies and interventions. 


The Framework consists of:
- Core Elements: Activities directly handling product or material flows; and uniquely,
- Enabling Elements: those that remove obstacles for core actors.


Key elements of the circular economy

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Circle Economy's framework of strategies and activities that define the circular economy

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**These 17 Goals recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.**

The SDGs build on decades of work by countries and the UN, and especially on the Millennium Declaration adopted in September 2000 at UN Headquarters in New York which let to the elaboration of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.

In 2015, the Paris Agreement was signed. A major blueprint came out of this: The Sustainable Development Goals: 17 overarching goals—and 169 targets—that governments are aiming to meet by 2030. Significant progress has been made in terms of poverty, health and inequality, but there's still a way to go. This is where the circular economy comes in: by circulating resources multiple times, the circular economy tackles issues of scarcity and allows all to access what they need—without overburdening the earth. If it's implemented in a holistic way—affording attention to social considerations and the fair distribution of resources— it also offers a pathway for achieving the SDGs; and the link between the two is ever-growing. To read more about the link between the SDGs and the circular economy, click [here](https://www.circle-economy.com/blogs/how-the-circular-economy-can-help-us-reach-the-sustainable-development-goals).

It is the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) which provides substantive support and capacity-building for the SDGs and their related thematic issues. TheDSDG plays a key role in the evaluation of UN systemwide implementation of the 2030 Agenda and in advocacy and outreach activities relating to the SDGs. In order to make the 2030 Agenda a reality, broad ownership of the SDGs must translate into a strong commitment by all stakeholders to implement the global goals. DSDG aims to help facilitate this engagement.
Alongside this, the annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development serves as the central UN platform for the follow-up and review of the SDGs.
In addition, the UN Secretary-General presents an annual SDG Progress report, which is developed in cooperation with the UN System, and based on the global indicator framework and data produced by national statistical systems and information collected at the regional level.

To read more information: [https://sdgs.un.org/goals](https://sdgs.un.org/goals)

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Based on the work of [Bocken et al. (2016)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309699661_Product_design_and_business_model_strategies_for_a_circular_economy), the Four Flows Framework serves as a simple framework for managing resource flows in a circular economy by using less (Narrow), using for longer (Slow), using again (Cycle), and using clean, regenerative materials and energy (Regenerate).

These different principles of circular economy can be applied to our socioeconomic metabolism: we can design stocks like buildings, infrastructure, machinery, and vehicles to be rich resource mines for the future, and design manufactured goods and consumables to be cycled and made regenerative. Furthermore, the focus must also centre on getting more value out of fewer materials. Achieving the aims of a circular economy—minimising material use, regenerating the Earth, and preventing material losses—can be done through these four key strategies mentioned above.

Source: Circle Economy. (2023). *[The circularity gap report 2023](https://www.circularity-gap.world/2023)* (p.22). Amsterdam: Circle Economy. 

Four Flows Framework

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 展示詳細：https://circular.yokohama/yokohama-circular-design-museum/  
循環ガチャとは？：サーキュラーエコノミーを楽しく学べる体験型メディア


 「循環ガチャ」は、コインの代わりにペットボトルキャップを入れて遊べる、地域や資源の循環を楽しく体験できるガチャガチャです。ガチャガチャの景品にはプラスチックごみをアップサイクルしたキーホルダーなど、横浜市内の事業者が製造する地域の循環型グッズが入っています。ガチャガチャのカプセルは再利用を、回収したペットボトルキャップは再びマテリアルリサイクルを行い、新たな循環型グッズに生まれ変わる資源となります。  ハーチが運営する横浜のサーキュラーエコノミー推進プラットフォーム「Circular Yokohama（https://circular.yokohama/）」では、本取り組みを通して地域の皆様に楽しく循環を体験してもらうとともに、横浜市内でサーキュラー型ビジネスモデルを実践する事業者やサーキュラーエコノミー（循環経済）の魅力について知るきっかけを提供します。  ＜開催概要＞ 展示期間：2023年3月31日（金）まで 展示会場：星天qlay Bゾーン qlaytion gallery（星川駅2階） 住所：神奈川県横浜市保土ヶ谷区星川1-1-1 星天qlay 2階 B-2-7 営業時間：月・火・木・金：13:00〜17:30 定休日：水、土日祝 参加方法：ペットボトルキャップ1個で1回ガチャガチャをまわしていただけます。 ※おひとり様1回までとなります。 ※ペットボトルキャップは洗浄したものをご持参ください。  景品一例： ・プラスチックアップサイクルキーホルダー（提供：株式会社湘南貿易） 

 ・アップサイクルミニバッグチャーム（提供：ココロインターナショナル株式会社）  

 ・横浜産（アメリカ山公園・新杉田公園）のはちみつキャンディ（提供：西武造園株式会社・横浜緑地株式会社）  

 ・靴下の端切れをアップサイクルしたお花チャーム（提供：神奈川県立金沢養護学校）  
 循環ガチャの特長：横浜市内事業者の共創によるサーキュラー・サービス・デザイン


 「循環ガチャ」は、横浜市内で活動する複数の事業者のコラボレーションにより実現しました。各事業者が強みを活かし合うことで地域の方々にユニークな体験を提供する、共創型のサーキュラー・サービス・デザインの実践となっています。  Circular Yokohamaでは、qlaytion galleryにて開催中の「YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN MUSEUM（ヨコハマサーキュラーデザインミュージアム）」企画にあたり、本展のテーマである「Playful Circularity（循環を、あそぼう）」に沿って、地域の方々や子どもたちが楽しくサーキュラーエコノミーに関わり、学べる体験デザインを模索していました。その過程で、ファブラボ広島安芸高田とZホールディングス株式会社が運営するオープンコラボレーションハブ「LODGE」が共同で制作したペットボトルキャップを入れると遊べるガチャガチャ筐体の存在を知り、ファブラボみなとみらいに制作の相談を持ちかけたところから本企画がスタートしました。 

 筐体：オープンソースを活用し、「ファブラボみなとみらい（神奈川大学）」が制作 ガチャガチャの筐体は「ファブラボ広島安芸高田」が公開するオープンソースを活用し、神奈川大学みなとみらいキャンパス内にある「ファブラボみなとみらい」のスタッフが制作を行いました。ファブラボとは、デジタルからアナログまでの多様な工作機械を備えた、実験的な市民工房のネットワークです。 ファブラボみなとみらい公式サイト：https://www.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/cooperation/project/fablab/  回収するペットボトルキャップ：横浜市西区の「湘南貿易」が新たな循環型グッズにアップサイクル 循環ガチャを通じて回収されたペットボトルキャップは、プラスチックのマテリアルリサイクルを手がける株式会社湘南貿易の手によって再びキーホルダーやカトラリー、文房具などの循環型グッズにアップサイクルされます。 湘南貿易公式サイト：https://www.shonantrading.com/index.html  リユースカプセル：リユース事業拠点「エコクルファクトリー」に集まったカプセルを再利用 循環ガチャのカプセルは、武松商事株式会社が運営する横浜市金沢区のリユース事業拠点「エコクルファクトリー」に集まったカプセルを再利用しています。また、カプセル自体も繰り返しリユースを行います。 エコクルファクトリー公式サイト：https://www.ecocle.net/factory/  景品の説明カード：ビールのモルト粕を使ったkitafukuのクラフトビールペーパーを活用 カプセルの中には、循環型グッズとセットでそのグッズの背景と製造・販売元事業者を紹介する小さなカードが入っています。この説明カードには横浜市の株式会社kitafukuが製造する、クラフトビールのモルト粕を紙に混ぜ込んで作られたクラフトビールペーパーを使用しています。 クラフトビールペーパー公式サイト：https://cbp.kitafuku-project.com/  ガチャガチャの景品：横浜市内の事業者がつくった循環型グッズたち 循環ガチャで遊ぶと、横浜市内の事業者が製造・販売する様々な循環型グッズを手に入れることができます。ガチャガチャという体験を通じて、地域の方々が地域の企業のサーキュラーエコノミーの取り組みを知るきっかけを提供するメディアとしての機能を持っています。  本プロジェクトの趣旨に賛同いただき、ガチャガチャの景品をご提供くださる横浜市内の事業者様も引き続き募集しています。 
YOKOHAMA CIRCULR DESIGN MUSEUM（ヨコハマサーキュラーデザインミュージアム）について


 「YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN MUSEUM」は、横浜発の循環経済や地産地消に関わるプロダクトやサービスを集めた移動式ミュージアムです。テーマは「Playful Circularity（循環を、あそぼう。）」。廃材を活用したリサイクル三線、充電できるソーラーテーブル、コーヒー粕を絵の具にしたアップサイクルアートなど、楽しみながら循環を体験できる展示や仕掛けを用意しています。  

 ＜展示概要＞ 開催期間：2023年2月2日（木）〜3月31日（金） 開催場所：星天qlay Bゾーン qlaytion gallery（星川駅2階） 入場料：無料 営業時間：月・火・木・金：13:00〜17:30（商品の販売は月・火のみ） 定休日：水、土日祝（詳細はInstagramをご覧ください） URL：https://circular.yokohama/yokohama-circular-design-museum/ Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/qlaytion_gallery/  ■Circular Yokohama（サーキュラーヨコハマ）について 循環経済の推進を通じて横浜市内の地域が抱える課題解決に取り組むメディア・プラットフォーム。横浜の企業、教育機関、NPO、リビングラボ等と連携しながら、循環経済に関わる様々なプロジェクトを展開中。2021年12月、横浜市、一般社団法人 YOKOHAMAリビングラボサポートオフィス、特定非営利活動法人横浜コミュニティデザイン・ラボと「リビングラボを通じた循環型経済（サーキュラーエコノミー）を公民連携により推進する協定」を締結。 URL：https://circular.yokohama/  ■ハーチ株式会社について “Publishing a better future（よりよい未来を、みんなに届ける）”をコンセプトにウェブメディア事業を手がける会社です。様々なパートナーの皆様の協力を得ながら、サステナビリティ・サーキュラーエコノミー・教育など幅広い分野でウェブメディアを企画・運営しています。  会社名：ハーチ株式会社 代表者：代表取締役　加藤 佑 所在地：東京都中央区日本橋富沢町10-13 WORK EDITION NIHONBASHI 602 設立：2015年12月 事業内容：ウェブメディア事業の運営 URL：https://harch.jp/   ハーチ株式会社　Circular Yokohama編集部 contact@circular.yokohama  種類 商品サービス ビジネスカテゴリ 環境・エコ・リサイクルアート・カルチャー 位置情報 東京都中央区(本社・支社)神奈川県横浜市(店舗・民間施設) キーワード   ペットボトルキャップ アップサイクル ガチャガチャ 循環経済 サーキュラーエコノミー サーキュラーデザイン プラスチック 資源 環境 横浜   関連URL https://circular.yokohama/yokohama-circular-design-museum/    プレスリリース素材ダウンロード このプレスリリース内で使われている画像ファイルがダウンロードできます。                    PR TIMESのご利用についてはこちら資料ダウンロードする  
 

 




Kururi Works



Kururi works is an upcycling studio with the concept of “take discarded things and reborn them with value.” It is based in Kanazawa ward run by Takematsu Co., Ltd.. 

Kanazawa School for Special Needs Education



The school is promoting career education and waste reduction project to build a sustainable society. It is actively interacting with citizens and businesses to contribute to the local community from the aspect of welfare. 

Shonan Eco Project



Shonan Trading offers a physical experience of plastic recycling. It helps widen environmental awareness by pedaling, melting, and creating up-cycled products with your own hands.  




eSPOGOMI



A social activity consists of the essence of esports and community cleanup. People bring different values and build good connections among the community while enjoying achieving SDGs. 

Yokohama Winery



Yokohama Winery produces red, white, and rosé wines in Yokohama. They contribute to the environment by delivering wine to neighboring communities on renewable energy bikes and reusing used wine bottles. 

Hachi-Iku



Hachi-Iku is a project that allows locals to be deeply involved with greenery through sustainable beekeeping. The park is pesticide-free, and multi-floral raw honey is safe for people and the environment. 




Yokohama Bay Sheraton



Yokohama Bay Sheraton, one of the famous hotels in Yokohama, runs projects to reduce food waste, create a food loop, and promote local produce and local consumption. 

RiPiЯ



RiPiЯ is a sustainable apparel brand that refashions stock clothing worldwide. They purchase stock items and remake them to add new values. 

StockBase



StockBase donates unneeded emergency supplies from companies to people in need. They circulate the foods and other items within the local community and reduce food waste.  




baybike



baybike is one of the bicycle-sharing services by Docomo Bikeshare. Identifying idle assets and utilizing the bikes where needed fit in the concept of the sharing economy. 

chain



chain is a service that uses blockchain technology to visualize the supply chain and share the story of manufacturing. The application contributes to creating a new connection between suppliers and consumers.  

Wave Yokohama



A non-profit organization promotes a rental service of reusable cutlery and dishwashing. It contributes to reducing waste and CO2 emissions and raising environmental awareness. 




MAGO GALLERY YOKOHAMA



The gallery of Nagasaka Shingo, a pioneer of sustainable art. The gallery displays artworks and other items created by recycling e-waste. The business model connects developed and developing countries and circulates waste. 

FOOD LOOP



FOOD LOOP is a project to recycle food waste run by Yokohama Beer. To create a recycling loop, they compost the malt and other food waste, grow vegetables, and serve them at the restaurant. 

Craft Beer Paper



Craft beer paper is a recycled paper made from malt waste. kitafuku Inc. works with local breweries and restaurants to turn waste into valuable paper products to achieve up-cycling. 




Zero Ring



A project to circulate takeout bento boxes in the Minato Mirai area. It aims to solve the problem of disposable containers waste by reusing takeout containers and make mealtime fancy and enjoyable. 

アクアポニックス



Aquaponics is a system of "circular organic agriculture" that crosses hydroponics and aquaculture. It minimizes resource circulation and promotes local consumption to rvitalize local communities. 

Coco&K.



Coco&K. imports lovely, eco-minded, fairtrade bags from the Philippines. The products are up-cycled from discarded aluminum juice packages. It helps the locals live independently and keeps the environment clean. 




TENTO



The shared office built with thinned wood Yamakita machi in Kanagawa Prefecture. The office is based in the co-working space "mass x mass" in Naka-Ku, Yokohama, and is expanding to other areas. 

Ikasa



Ikasa is an umbrella sharing service that allows users to borrow and return umbrellas at the umbrella spots quickly. Ikasa's umbrellas are durable and repairable, which helps to reduce the number of disposable umbrellas. 

Web Iikamo Ichi



Web Iikamo Ichi is a web platform that offers a monthly marché online. You can find many Yokohama-made sustainable groceries and other products. 




ZERO PC



“ZERO PC” is the computer upcycling project led by People Port Inc trying to make the environmental impact by their business zero and supporting domestic refugees and poor children. 

Yokohama Blue Carbon



Yokohama City, as “SDGs Future City,” leads the Yokohama Blue Carbon Project. It works on utilizing ocean resources and regenerating marine ecosystems and the local Fishing Industry. 

Kawamura Laboratory (Yokohama National University)



Izuru Kawamura and Noriko Kanai team, Yokohama National university, successfully derives cellulose nanofibers from spent coffee grounds(SCGs). This study shows that SCGs cellulose nanofibers can be used as alternative resources and will potentially contribute to the development of sustainability. 




The Yokohama Reuse Bin Project



The project is to produce the Yokohama-exclusive beverage and reusable glass bottles in Yokohama. It conceives the regional circle of the bottles and the local consumption of the juice and approaches environmental issues as well as supports the local communities. 

The Eco Picture Diary



Environmental journal Project is to encourage children to be aware of environmental issues and its solutions through making a poster. The project is held every summer to help create new circular businesses in Yokohama. 

Food Bank Yokohama



Food Bank Yokohama is a non profit organization that collects the food that would not be used or would be discarded along the food supply chain and distributes it to homeless people and welfare facilities in Yokohama. 




Yokoyoko Project



Yokoyoko Project is a project which intends to provide renewable electricity generated in Yokohama-cho, Aomori to the companies in Yokohama city, Kanagawa. With the system of blockchain which is provided by Minna-Denryoku, Inc., the project make it possible to certify where the electricity came from. 

WE Shop



WE Shops are charity shops based on donation and volunteers run by WE21 JAPAN in Hodogaya ward. There are several locations and are functioning as a community space where diverse people living in the community get together and make connections as well. 

The Circular Economy Plus T-shirt



The Circular Economy Plus T-shirt Project aims to make sustainable T-shirts using waste plastic bottles discarded in the area. The project is initiated by the Yokohama branch of NPO greenbird, Japan Environment Planning Inc., Okawa Printing Co., Ltd., and a designer from Yokohama. 




The Kanagawa Up Cycle Consortium



The Kanagawa Up Cycle Consortium is established in collaboration with Kanagawa Prefecture and TBM Co., Ltd. that develops, manufactures and sells a new material “LIMEX.” The aim is to promote a circular economy through up-cycling that utilizes LIMEX and to realize a circular town development. 

Nite hi WORKS



"Nite hi WORKS" is an art project by artist Minoru Inayoshi and actor Azusa Watanabe. The concept is "changing something from the original to something now" by unexpectedly and freely adding different languages ​​(ideas) from different eras, cultures and many other things "different."  

Fab lab Kannai



Fab Lab Kannai is a manufacturing laboratory for citizens in Kannai, Yokohama. It functions as a local manufacturing base, cooperating with co-working spaces in the area for start-up companies, and developing business labs in local community spaces as there are several 3D printers, sewing machines and laser cutters inside. 




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"reBirth" is a project to transform discarded ocean plastic into beautiful traditional crafts. The project produces beautiful molded plates while mixing different types and colors of plastic materials. The idea was created by “Plas+tech project” which is led by Techno Labo Co., Ltd.  

Y-Wai Hiroba



Y-Wai Hiroba is a community space and shared office created by renovating a vacant house in Isogo ward, Yokohama.The first floor is a community space where locals can get together and hold meetings, and the second floor is a shared office that welcomes local businesses. The space can be a local shelter in case of emergency. 

SDGs Yokohama Kanazawa Living Lab



SDGs Yokohama Kanazawa Living Lab works on the circular economic agriculture project which makes use of the eelgrass (seaweed that grows in the sea) as fertilizer, grows vegetables such as chili at local farms and creates a unique seasoning by associating with a local elementary school. 




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Circular Yokohama is a platform to accelerate the circular transition in Yokohama city. Closely working with the city, local businesses, universities, and non-profits, Circular Yokohama initiates a wide variety of activities including circular design workshops, events, circular economy tours, and other related projects.  Circular Yokohama has officially partnered with the city of Yokohama to promote the local circular economy through living lab networks in the city since 2021. The platform is led by Harch Inc. a B Corp certified digital media company focused on sustainable, circular economy.

Circular Yokohama

<p>The Circular Toy Capsule Vending Machine is a prototype of a circular service design created in cooperation with local businesses in Yokohama City to communicate the importance and fun of the circular economy to citizens. People can play with the machine and obtain circular goods produced by local businesses by bringing PET BOTTLE Caps instead of coins, and the collected caps are recycled and turned into new goods.</p>

Circular Toy Capsule Vending Machine - Circular service design to engage citizens

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This collection features a selection of inspiring examples of the circular economy, from innovative business models to local community practices in Japan.

Circular Economy Hub Japan is an online platform operated by Harch Inc., a Japanese digital media company focusing on sustainability and the circular economy. 

Circular Economy Hub Japan provides the latest circular economy news, case studies, and insights in Japan and overseas. The platform also hosts monthly events, circular design workshops, study tours, and community gatherings for circular economy professionals across the county. 
The initiative aims to accelerate the circular economy transition in Japan by sharing knowledge and experiences, facilitating collaborations, and boosting innovations together. 
Our diverse audience and community members include local governments, multinational companies, startups, SMEs, research institutions, consultancies, universities, nonprofits, and citizens.

To learn more about Circular Economy Hub Japan visit [https://harch.jp/en/media/cehub](https://harch.jp/en/media/cehub)

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Circular Economy Hub Japan

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Impacts on the social fabric of the community and well-being of the individuals and families.

Social Impact

Impact on the health and happiness of human populations

Well-being

Reduced green house gas emissions released into the biosphere

Reduce Emissions (SDG13)

Reduced use of virgin materials and/or an increase of the use of secondary and bio-based materials

Reduce Material Consumption (SDG12)

Minimise waste through diversion: Instead of sending waste to landfill, it is redirected into other industrial processes for handling, treatment, recycling, recovery, or reuse in various forms. 

Minimise waste through design: At the outset of a process of project, plan and design such that there is zero waste or minimal waste during production, use, and at end of life. 

Minimise Waste (SDG12)

Contributing to the improvement of biodiversity including species diversity, total number of protected species, and ecosystem health

Biodiversity

Operating networks and software that enable the exchange and broadcasting of information, such as entertainment and internet software, television, cable, satellite or radio broadcasting systems, and cellular, wireless and/or fixed-line telecommunications services

Software and Communications

Producing and providing services that utilise the creative talent of individuals to generate intellectual property, including movies and television shows, music, live performances, advertising, marketing or public relations services, newspapers, magazines and books, and commercial printing services

Creative Services

Providing various support services for businesses and governments, such as research, testing, certification and consulting services, cleaning and maintenance services, security and protection services, legal, accounting and bookkeeping services, information management, data processing, and business process outsourcing services

Research & Commercial Services

Industry peers to industry peer collaboration to create joint value and identify synergies

Industry collaboration

Engage and guide customers and consumers to ensure circular use of products

Customer / consumer collaboration

Engage with the government on circular policies and programmes

Government collaboration

Employ online platforms to connect and improve information sharing between stakeholders

Digital platforms

Working together with industry peers to engage in business activities or exploratory projects that advance the circular economy

Joint industry ventures, projects, pilots

Working together with customers to jointly create products fit for them

Co-creation

Participating in government programmes that support and advance the circular economy

Government programmes

Working together with the community and engaging them in the company operations

Joint product development

Developing or utilising online platforms to enable circular economy opportunities through information, product or service offering

Online platforms

'Inform' increases the overall levels of awareness and builds the necessary skills and knowledge around the circular economy to foster long-term change.

Inform

Integrate principles of circularity into primary, secondary and tertiary curriculum and conduct workplace trainings

 Education and Curriculum

'Mobilise' sets the direction of and builds momentum towards long-term change, while also determining how this direction is determined and governed.

Mobilise

Metrics and indicators to measure progress

Public-private partnerships

Public-civil partnerships

**Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns**

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The world is seriously off track in its effort to halve per-capita food waste and losses by 2030.The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on consumption and production patterns, with disruptions to global supply chains and changes in consumer behaviour. 

Responsible consumption and production must be an integral part of the recovery from the pandemic. 
But the global economy also needs to speed up the decoupling of economic growth from resource use by maximizing the socio-economic benefits of resources while minimizing their negative impacts. 

Reporting on corporate sustainability has tripled since the beginning of the SDG period, but the private sector will need to significantly improve reporting on activities that contribute to the SDGs. 

This primarily entails environmentally sound management of "toxic chemicals" A substantial use of chemicals is essential to meet the social and economic goals of the world community, and these can be used with a high degree of safety when best practices are followed.  Gross chemical contamination, with grave damage to human health, genetic structures reproductive outcomes, and the environment, has been continuing within some of the world's most important industrial areas, and restoration will require major investment as well as the development of new techniques.
Effective control of the generation, storage, treatment, recycling and reuse, transport, recovery and disposal of hazardous wastes is another similar challenge. 
In addition,  solid wastes include all domestic refuse and non-hazardous wastes such as commercial and institutional wastes, street sweepings construction debris, and, in some countries, human wastes. As hazardous waste is frequently intermixed with other waste, this poses particular management challenges.
Finally, this target ensures that radioactive waste is safely managed, transported, stored and disposed of, with a view to protecting human health and the environment. 

To deliver SDG12, it is crucial to implement policies that support the shift to sustainable practices and decouple economic growth from resource use.

Sources: [https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12](https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12)
[https://sdgs.un.org/topics/chemicals-and-waste](https://sdgs.un.org/topics/chemicals-and-waste)

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12. Responsible consumption and production

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Archetypes

Materials

Nace Sectors

Urban Opportunities

Whilst no two countries are the same, there are still obvious similarities between some of them, with discernible development patterns and parallels in evidence. Common problems and shared solutions help place unique country identities and individual issues in context.

Whilst this classification is far from clear-cut and exhibits some overlap, it does underline how the discourse on transitioning to a circular economy needs to account for both differences and commonalities, if we are to arrive at a more strategic and instructive analysis. It also allows to highlight a set of key themes that are likely to be central to the countries that fall under the respective profiles. 

Country profiles (Build, Grow, Shift)

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A framework to distinguish between different country profiles and their circular transition needs.

Browse case studies by type of implementing stakeholder.

Implementing stakeholders

80+ circular strategies for product development 
organised hierarchically into three tiers
with tier 1 and tier 2 based on the Key Elements Framework

DISRUPT

It is 2050.  Full systems change has taken place. This wouldn’t have been possible without the immediate action and radical steps taken from 2020 onwards. Many targets had to be identified in the early 2020s and achieved by 2030 to ensure that the 2050 goal happened in full. A sense of urgency, turbo stakeholder collaboration, supportive government regulation and clear, data driven targets enabled the mindsets and systems change needed to transform to a fully circular textiles ecosystem.

A circular economics model underpins what we have created. It reflects and supports a living organism made up of makers, users and restorers, interacting across vibrant and interconnected networks. Checks and balances, alongside transparency and accountability, ensure a healthy system. Financial, environmental, and social metrics have the purpose of serving communities and the planet. There is shared ownership of profit and loss – across all three metrics – throughout the value chain.

This is what we’ve achieved over the last 30 years:

WCTD Themes

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The Circular City Actions Framework provides urban changemakers with five complementary strategies they can use to start working towards a more circular system. 

The framework is action-based to provide users with concrete strategic directions and showcase the desired outcomes of each strategy. 
The framework consists of five complementary **strategies**, under which **sub-strategies** provide further detail. Finally, each sub-strategy consists of a diversity of tangible **solutions** which are framed in relation to key thematic areas. 

Note: solutions are currently focused on:
- 🍏 **Food systems**
- 🏢  **Built environment**
- 👕📱  **Consumer goods**
- ⚡ **Energy Systems**
- 🚌 **Mobility Systems**
- 💧 **Water Systems**

More thematic areas are coming soon...

'Click through each of the five strategy cards below to explore the framework and circular economy case studies in more depth!'



This framework was developed in collaboration with ICLEI, Metabolic and Ellen MacArthur Foundation with support from the MAVA Foundation. Read more about it [here]( https://circulars.iclei.org/action-framework/). 



Circular City Actions Framework

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An action-based framework for local governments working towards circular cities

Thematic Areas

City Stakeholders

In a circular economy:

* Food is produced regeneratively and, where possible, locally; 
* Biomass is optimally used—from agricultural by-products to manure, rainwater or used water; 
* Food losses and waste and packaging waste are designed out entirely; 
* Healthy, planetary diets are promoted and easier to access; and 
* Environmental and economic benefits are balanced with benefits to people and animals.

This definition builds on those of the [Ellen MacArthur Foundation](https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/cities-and-circular-economy-for-food), [Wageningen University](https://www.wur.nl/en/Dossiers/file/Circular-agrofood-system.htm), the [Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy](https://pacecircular.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/circular-economy-action-agenda-food_0.pdf ) (PACE), as well as Circle Economy’s own work in analysing the climate mitigation potential of [circular food interventions](http://circularity-gap.world/2021).

Explore the different themes under this definition below.

Circular food themes

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Explore different themes under the concept of 'circular food'

Test Framework

Challenges

Based on the ongoing ISO standardisation process, a taxonomy has been defined under which to cluster indicators to measure circularity. 

ISO Taxonomy

If managed well, the transition to the circular economy will have multiple benefits for the labour market, including the opening up of job opportunities, raising job standards and reducing inequalities through a global redistribution of value. But a positive transition to circularity for work and workers must be underpinned by three pillars: upskilling the workforce, quality of work and inclusive job opportunities. Find out more and explore cases that illustrate these pillars below.

Circular Jobs Initiative Pillars

A positive transition to circularity for work and workers must be underpinned by three core pillars.

<p>Circular Yokohama is a local circular economy platform led by Harch Inc. to accelerate the circular transition in Yokohama city. In collaboration with the city, local businesses, universities and schools, non-profits, and citizens, Circular Yokohama runs various programs and projects, including circular design workshops and training programs, local circular economy study tours, circular city promotion, and impact assessment for local circular projects.&nbsp;</p>