This initiative will contribute to one of the five missions (five value creations) of the SDGs declaration announced by TOYOSHIMA in June 2020, "Creating materials that are friendly to the earth."
About the efforts of BRING™ and the Yomiuri Giants
BRING™ is a brand operated by Nihon Kankyo Sekkei, which collects clothes that are no longer needed from consumers, recycles polyester into clothes, and sells them. Since 2018, TOYOSHIMA has been working with BRING™ on various projects and product creation.
Last year, the Yomiuri Giants and the Yomiuri Shimbun held the "Uniform Yell" project together with BRING ™. We collected uniforms and other items and displayed them on the Tokyo Dome Excite Sheet on the day of the match to add excitement to the match venue. The 905 uniforms collected in this project will be reborn as new products using the technology of Nihon Kankyo Sekkei.
This time, we will sell masks with original designs that partially use threads recycled from unwanted clothing collected by BRING.
■Yomiuri Giants Co., Ltd. Comment from the person in charge
Last year was an unusual season opening with no spectators, but through the project, I felt the support of many fans and was able to use it as a driving force to win the league championship. In creating a new product, we created a mask to get closer to the team and the fans' common wish of "a packed Tokyo Dome as soon as possible".
■ Product overview
・Product name: GIANTS x BRING eco mask (2-piece set)
・Size: Free size
・Color: White & Navy
・Price: 3,300 yen (tax included)
・ Release date: Wednesday, April 28
・ Released at: Giants Online Store, G-STORE
The product design includes a star mark representing a wish, a Javit, and the BRING logo.
* Products will also be sold at Tokyo Dome "G-STORE" (release date undecided)
*The product is a non-medical mask and does not have a function to completely prevent the invasion of viruses and bacteria by itself, so please use cough etiquette etc.
About BRING™
In order to make clothes from clothes, BRING™ collaborates with various brands to collect used clothes from consumers. The collected clothes are chemically recycled with our unique BRING Technology™ and reborn as a completely new polyester raw material. Clothing made from BRING Material™, which is a sustainable material such as threads and fabrics made from this raw material, has the same quality as clothes made from petroleum-derived materials, and can be recycled not only once but many times. . Materials other than polyester are also recycled as much as possible.
■Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. https://www.toyoshima.co.jp/
Founded in 1841. In our 180-year history, we have expanded our business domain in response to the changing times. Currently, we are engaged in a series of processes from purchasing and selling raw materials, yarns, and fabrics from all over the world, and from final product planning to production management and delivery Japan and are developing our business comprehensively in all processes of the fashion industry. In addition, as a company that proposes a sustainable lifestyle, we are developing and providing various sustainable materials, investing in tech ventures, and promoting the development of smart wear. Since 2019, we have adopted "MY WILL" as our statement to express our commitment to sustainability & technology.
■Japan Environmental Design Corporation
President & CEO: Masaki Takao
Business: Manufacture and sale of products, collection and recycling of clothes, planning and operation of projects to circulate everything in cooperation with companies, PET chemical recycling technology-related business
Address: 12-2 Ogimachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
URL：https://www.jeplan.co.jp
■Yomiuri Giant Army
President & CEO: Tsukasa Imamura
Business: Management of professional baseball teams, baseball promotion, etc.
Address: Yomiuri Shimbun Building 28F, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
URL：https://www.giants.jp
