Mitsui Fudosan | Corporate Information | Pursuit of Resource Conservation and Waste Reduction

In order to save resources and reduce waste, Mitsui Fudosan Group is promoting the implementation of the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle).

Mitsui Fudosan Group is working on reducing waste, including a decrease in the amount of office work-related and sales and marketing-related paper used, controls on the use of disposable items in hotels and the introduction of a pay-per-use system at retail properties.

Efforts to Reduce in Hotels

All Mitsui Garden Hotels, excluding Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), began to use dispensers for body soap, shampoo and rinse, which used to be individually wrapped, with the goal of saving resources and curbing the disposal of waste. Furthermore, hotels put eco-stickers on bathroom walls requesting guests to use the roles of toilet paper until they are completely used.

Pay-per-Use System and Waste Disposal Volume Measurement

In retail properties, the generation of waste is curbed through the introduction of a pay-per-use system in which tenants are charged based on the quantity of waste disposed. In addition, measuring instruments are set up within facilities to measure the waste disposed by tenants, which contributes to an understanding of the quantity of waste and enhancement of tenant awareness.
As of the end of June 2009, 25 of the facilities that Mitsui Fudosan Group operates and manages have introduced the pay-per-use system.

Eco-sticker on bathroom walls

Retail Properties That Have Introduced Pay-per-Use System at a Glance (as of June 2009)

Facility Name	Location
LaLaport TOKYO-BAY	Funabashi-shi, Chiba Prefecture
Urban Dock LaLaport TOYOSU	Koto-ku, Tokyo
LaLaport KASHIWANOHA	Kashiwa-shi, Chiba Prefecture
LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
LaLaport YOKOHAMA	Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
LaLaport IWATA	Iwata-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture
Treage Shirahata	Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
LaLagarden TSUKUBA	Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture
LaLaTerrace MINAMISENJU	Arakawa-ku, Tokyo
LaLagarden KASUKABE	Kasukabe-shi, Saitama Prefecture
LaLagarden KAWAGUCHI	Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama Prefecture
LaLasquare UTSUNOMIYA	Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi Prefecture
LOVELA Bandai	Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata Prefecture
MITSUI OUTLET PARK Iruma	Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture
MITSUI OUTLET PARK Sendai Port	Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Prefecture
GINZA Velvia-kan	Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Nitta Building	Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Ginza Glasse	Chuo-ku, Tokyo
GINZA gCUBE	Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Kojun Building DINING & STORES	Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Akasaka Biz Tower SHOPS & DINING	Minato-ku, Tokyo
Ario Kameari	Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
Shiodome City Center	Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tokyo Midtown	Minato-ku, Tokyo
COREDO Nihonbashi	Chuo-ku, Tokyo

For the Whole Earth and for Everyone: “Eco Hello!” Activities Developed by Retail Properties

Mitsui Fudosan Group is working on “reuse” activities for things such as distribution containers and floor guides.

Reuse Project for Eco Hello! Floor Guides

In eight retail properties, we have started an “Eco Hello! Floor Guide Reuse Project” from November 2008. This activity involves collection of floor guides that are no longer being used, selection of those that are reusable and then placing them in buildings once again. From June 2009, the number of facilities where this activity is being conducted was increased to 15.

An announcement concerning the reuse of floor guides

Reuse of Buckets for Distribution of Flowers and Ornamental Plants

ELF buckets for distribution of flowers and ornamental plants

Daiichi Engei Co., Ltd. takes part in the ELF Bucket System of Japan Eco Line Flower System Association (JELFA), and reuses buckets for the distribution of flowers and ornamental plants. The ELF Bucket System is a system for the repeated use of buckets exclusively used for the transport and sales of flowers and ornamental plants from harvest and shipping to retail sales. All dedicated buckets that have deteriorated after repeated use are completely recycled and reproduced into new buckets.

Mitsui Fudosan Group is promoting recycling through such efforts as the establishment of its own recycling system.

Recycling of Food Scraps

We collect food scraps generated by restaurants, etc. in office buildings and retail properties and recycle them into raw materials for biomass power generation and feeding stuff. In fiscal 2008, we managed to recycle 1,143 tons and 2,481 tons of food scraps at 16 office buildings and seven retail properties, respectively. In addition, at our Group company, Cany Corporation's Dangozaka Shop (in the inbound lane of the Dangozaka Service Area along the Chuo Expressway), food scraps generated by restaurants, etc. are recycled.

Overview of Implementation of Recycling of Food Scraps

Type	Facility Name	Location	Recycled Amount (tons/year)
Office Buildings	Shinjuku Mitsui Building	Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo	93
	Gate City Ohsaki West Tower	Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo	193
	Garden Air Tower	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	1
	Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower	Chuo-ku, Tokyo	91
	Kasumigaseki Building	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	20
	Hibiya Mitsui Building	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	61
	Toyosu Center Building	Koto-ku, Tokyo	81
	Toyosu Center Building Annex	Koto-ku, Tokyo	66
	Akasaka Biz Tower	Minato-ku, Tokyo	33
	Fukoku Seimei Building	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	134
	Ginza Mitsui Building	Chuo-ku, Tokyo	24
	Celestine Shiba Mitsui Building	Minato-ku, Tokyo Prefecture	23
	TIS Takeshiba Building	Minato-ku, Tokyo	11
	Oval Court Osaki Mark West	Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo	2
	Shiodome City Center	Minato-ku, Tokyo	255
	Shin Kawasaki Mitsui Building	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture	55
	Subtotal		1,143
Retail Properties	LaLaport TOKYO-BAY	Funabashi-shi, Chiba Prefecture	511
	Urban Dock LaLaport TOYOSU	Koto-ku, Tokyo	458
	LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza	Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture	880
	LaLaport YOKOHAMA	Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture	380
	LaLagarden KASUKABE	Kasukabe-shi, Saitama Prefecture	81
	MITSUI OUTLET PARK Iruma	Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture	133
	MITSUI OUTLET PARK Sendai Port	Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Prefecture	38
	Subtotal		2,481
Cany Corporation, Dangozaka Shop (Uenohara-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture)		In the inbound lane of the Dangozaka Service Area along the Chuo Expressway	134

Environment-responsive Original Carpet Tiles

Mitsui Fudosan Group has established a system to collect used carpets that offices administered and operated by the Group disposed of, recycle them into raw material for environment-responsive original carpet tiles that were developed in collaboration with TOLI Corporation, and reuse them in office buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In fiscal 2008, about 110,000m² of used carpets were recycled. The volume of environment-responsive carpet tiles delivered was approximately 79,000m² and the volume accumulated since fiscal 2002 totaled roughly 320,000m².

Recycle Loop System for Used Paper

Actual Results of Fiscal 2008

Volume of used paper collected from 154 office buildings in Tokyo, which Mitsui Fudosan Group directly administers and operates	10,382 tons
Volume of used paper collected at LaLaport TOKYO-BAY	665 tons
Volume of recycled paper purchased by Group companies of Mitsui Fudosan (related to clerical work)	353 tons

Mitsui Fudosan Group has established its own recycle loop system for used paper and recycles the used paper generated in its office buildings and retail properties to be reproduced and used as "Toshisaisei" (Toshisaisei is a pun on the Japanese words for recycled paper in cities and city revitalization), which is its original recycled paper for office automation use, toilet paper, cardboard and other items.

Recycle Loop System for Used Paper at Mitsui Fudosan Group

Enlargement

Complete Recycling System for Used Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-Cell Batteries

Mitsui Fudosan has established a complete recycling system for fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries through cooperation with five companies. Under the system, we collect and recycle fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries that are disposed of at office buildings administered and operated by the Mitsui Fudosan Group and reproduce them into mercury or other items.

Buildings Where Collections are Performed (as of the end of fiscal 2008)

Total of 77 buildings
70 buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area, 1 building in Sapporo and 6 buildings in the Kansai area.

Volume collected in fiscal 2008

Fluorescent lamps: Approx. 29.1 tons
Dry-cell batteries: Approx. 5.8 tons

Complete Recycling of Used Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-Cell Batteries

Enlargement

On-site Inspections of “Toshisaisei” Manufacturing Process and Recycling Process of Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-Cell Batteries

In correlation with the discovery in January 2008 of paper manufacturing companies' falsification of the ratio of used paper in their recycled paper, it became clear that the Mitsui Fudosan Group's recycle loop system for manufacturing used paper, “Toshisaisei (product name),” had been falsified. In view of this discovery, we carried out an on-site inspection of the manufacturing process of “Toshisaisei” in February 2009 to thoroughly prevent another case of falsification from occurring.
Moreover, we also carried out an on-site inspection of the recycling process of fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries in July 2008. As a result of the inspections, we were able to confirm that these are being processed appropriately.

On-site inspection of “Toshisaisei” manufacturing process

On-site inspection of the recycling process of fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries