BRING™, which is operated by JEPLAN, INC. (Representative Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer: Masaki Takao; hereinafter “JEPLAN”), is collaborating with the “Sportswear Reborn Project”, a sportswear recycling initiative promoted by Hyogo Prefecture. With the full cooperation of the Osaka Marvelous women's volleyball team, whose training base is in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, clothing, mainly sportswear, was collected at home games held on Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1, 2024. Prior to the main event, a pre-event was held on Thursday, November 7th, and uniforms from past seasons were collected from the Osaka Marvelous players, who were also encouraged to participate in the clothing collection at the game venue.

BRING™ partners with various apparel brands and companies to collect unwanted clothing from consumers at stores and other locations for reuse and recycling. Of the collected clothing, 100% polyester clothing is recycled into recycled polyester resin using proprietary technology in response to market demand, and used as raw materials for the company's own apparel brands.

Hyogo Prefecture aims to recycle used clothing as a resource by collecting and recycling it. The sportswear collected at the "Osaka Marvelous" home game venues is mainly made of polyester, and if it is a single material of polyester, it can be recycled into polyester again using JEPLAN's proprietary chemical recycling technology. Therefore, part of the collected sportswear is intended to be reborn as raw materials for new clothing and other products again. In addition, "BLANK APPAREL™" eco-bags made partly from recycled polyester were adopted as novelties for visitors who cooperated in collecting clothing at the venue.

The JEPLAN Group will continue to work together with domestic and overseas partners to realize its vision of "We circulate our world," and the group as a whole will strive to drive the circular economy.

■ Sportswear recycling activities by Hyogo Prefecture and Osaka Marvelous (https://www.kankyo.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/jp/info_list/23683)

Date: Saturday, November 30, 2024 and Sunday, December 1, 2024 11:00-15:00

Venue: Amagasaki City Memorial General Gymnasium (Baycom General Gymnasium) / 1-4-1 Nishinagasu-cho, Amagasaki City

Organized by Hyogo Prefecture

Cooperation: Osaka Marvelous

《Main Initiatives》

• Uniforms from past seasons were also collected from players belonging to the Osaka Marvels.
• Collection of clothing of all sportswear (mainly polyester material) from visitors at home game venues
• BLANK APPAREL™ eco-bag as a novelty for visitors

(Photo) Pre-event held on Thursday, November 7, 2024 to collect past season uniforms from Osaka Marvelas players.

■ About BRING™ (https://bring.org/)

BRING works with consumers, companies, and local governments to collect unwanted clothing, used plastic bottles, and other items, recycle them into raw materials and new products using reuse and various recycling technologies, and circulate them to the market and consumers, developing various businesses based on this circulation, We are implementing the circular economy into society by developing various businesses based on this circulation. Furthermore, by using proprietary technologies to produce recycled materials that can be recycled again and again from unwanted clothing (subject to polyester) and used plastic bottles, we are contributing to the realization of a sustainable, recycling-oriented society.

■ About BLANK APPAREL™ (https://blankapparel.jp/)

BLANK APPAREL offers items such as T-shirts and eco bags with a body for printing that uses BRING Material™, a sustainable recycled polyester resin, as part of its material. We collaborate with various events and sporting competitions to produce original T-shirts and novelties.

【The original press release is in Japanese】

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