First Municipality in Kansai Area to Begin Collection of Unwanted Clothing through PASSTO, a Resource Recycling Service, at Eight Locations in Nishinomiya City

(Head Office: Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture; CEO: Teruyuki Kawano; hereinafter “ECOMMIT”), which builds infrastructure for the collection, sorting, and redistribution of unwanted items for a recycling-oriented society, and Nishinomiya City (Mayor: Toshiro Ishii; hereinafter “Nishinomiya City”), Hyogo Prefecture, have started to collect boxes for unwanted items from the PASSTO resource recycling service operated by ECOMMIT at public and private facilities such as the main office building in Nishinomiya City from November 1, 2024, with the aim of promoting reuse activities in the city and reducing local waste. In order to promote reuse activities in the city and reduce the amount of waste in the region, ECOMMIT and Nishinomiya City (Mayor: Nobushiro Ishii, hereinafter “Nishinomiya City”) will install collection boxes for unwanted items from the PASSTO resource recycling service operated by ECOMMIT at eight public facilities, including the main government building, and private commercial facilities in Nishinomiya City from November 1, 2024, providing a mechanism to link reuse and recycling, and thereby promoting resource recycling throughout the region. This will provide a system that leads to reuse and recycling, and the entire community will be involved in resource recycling.

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