In the wholesale market, where a large amount of EPS is used as containers for fresh fish and agricultural products, etc., we have introduced recycling equipment such as volume reduction machines* to efficiently recycle on-site. JEPSA cooperates with them by subsidizing a part of the equipment installation cost when certain conditions are met.

*Machines that reduce the volume of EPS which makes it easier to recycle by heat, solvent, compression, etc.

In 2019, we offered a grant for the installation of recycling facilities at 6 wholesale markets:

• Osaka Municipal Central Wholesale Markets
• Gifu City Central Wholesale Market
• Nagasaki Prefecture Central Wholesale Market
• Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market
• TOKYO Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Ota
• Takasaki City Comprehensive Local Wholesale Market

Currently, the total number of partnerships with wholesale markets nationwide has reached 147.