
In order to reduce the volume of waste generated, we are pouring effort into the introduction of pay-per-use systems, and reduction in the use of disposable items.
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 enhancement of tenant awareness.
Moreover, as of the end of June 2010, 29 of the facilities that the Mitsui Fudosan Group operates and manages have introduced the pay-per-use system.
A List of Retail Facilities that Have Introduced the Pay-per-use System
- LaLaport TOKYO-BAY
- Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu
- LaLaport Kashiwanoha
- LaLaport Yokohama
- LaLaport Iwata
- LaLaport Shin Misato
- Lazona Kawasaki Plaza
- Treage Shirohata
- Lovela Bandai
- LALA Garden Tsukuba
- LaLa Terrace Minamisenju
- LALA Garden Kasukabe
- LALA Garden Kawaguchi
- LaLa Square Utsunomiya
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- Mitsui Outlet Park Iruma
- Mitsui Outlet Park Sendaikou
- Ginza Velvia
- Nitta Building
- Ginza Glasse
- Ginza gCube
- Koujun Building
- LaLa Garden Nagamachi
- Ginza Trecious
- Ario Kameari
- Shiodome City Center
- Tokyo Midtown
- Coredo Nihonbashi
- Gradito Shiodome
- Comodio Shiodome
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Efforts to Reduce in Hotels
At all Mitsui Garden Hotels, except “Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier” (Chuo-ku, Tokyo), we have installed dispensers for body soap, shampoo and rinse and have placed stickers on bathroom walls requesting guests to completely use toilet paper in guest rooms. Through such efforts, we are striving to reduce the amount of waste produced.
A poster recommending the use of “My Hashi,” etc.
Activities to Promote “My Hashi,” “My Cup,” etc.
At “Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu,” we are carrying out activities to promote the use of “My Hashi (bring your own chopsticks),” “My Cup (bring your own cup),” and other things. These activities were first started by calling upon employees of tenants to use “My Cup (their own cups).” Based on a suggestion brought forward by the tenants' meeting comprised of store/restaurant managers, we are expanding activities to promote the discontinuance of waribashi (disposable, wooden chopsticks) at restaurants and the use of “My Bag (customers' own bag)” at stores. We are also calling upon customers and are striving to promote the use of “My Hashi,” ”My Cup,” and “My Bag.”

We are also working on reusing products, etc. rather than disposing them after one time use, in order to reduce the generation of waste.
Floor guide collection box (LaLaport Iwata)
Reuse of Floor Guides
At retail facilities, we are promoting the “Eco Hello! Floor Guide Reuse Project.” This project involves the collection of floor guides that are no longer being used, selection of those that are reusable and then placing them in buildings once again. As of the end of June 2010, we are implementing this project in 15 facilities throughout Japan.


LaLaport Yokohama
At retail facilities, we are implementing the “Eco Hello! Clothing Support Project.” This entails collecting clothes that are no longer needed in homes and making donations to refugees or disaster victims around the world through the NPO, Japan Relief Clothing Center. By reusing clothing that are no longer necessary, waste can be reduced and at the same time, we can support people who lack clothing.
Starting from the autumn of 2008, we have been executing this once every six months, making the event held on March 2010, the fourth time. This project first began at 2 facilities, but it has grown to 14 facilities throughout Japan as of March 2010. Volunteer staff who participated totaled 142 employees coming from Mitsui Fudosan and LaLaport Management Co., Ltd. Furthermore, 3,804 customers cooperated and we were able to donate approximately 21 tons of clothing and approximately 430,000 yen of charity funds.

Mitsui Fudosan is promoting recycling through such efforts as the establishment of its own recycling system of used paper, fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries. The company is also working on recycling food scraps.
Recycling of Food Scraps
We collect food scraps generated by restaurants, etc. in sixteen office buildings and ten retail properties and recycle them primarily into fertilizers, raw materials for biomass power generation and feeding stuff. The recycling rate of food scraps in fiscal 2009 was around 66% for office buildings and 97% for retail facilities.
Implementation Status of Recycling Food Scraps (Fiscal 2009)
| Type |
Facility Name |
Location |
Food Scraps |
Recycled Use |
| Volume Disposed (tons) |
Volume Recycled (tons) |
Recycling Rate (%) |
| Office Building |
Shinjuku Mitsui Building |
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo |
470 |
105 |
22 |
Power generation |
| Gate City Osaki |
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo |
185 |
185 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| 143 |
143 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Oval Court Osaki Mark West |
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo |
18 |
18 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Garden Air Tower |
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
4 |
4 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower |
Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
80 |
80 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Hibiya Mitsui Building |
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
43 |
43 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Toyosu Center Building |
Koto-ku, Tokyo |
267 |
93 |
35 |
Feeding stuff |
| Toyosu Center Building Annex |
Koto-ku, Tokyo |
73 |
73 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Akasaka Biz Tower |
Minato-ku, Tokyo |
27 |
27 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Ginza Mitsui Building |
Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
24 |
24 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Shinkiba Center Building |
Koto-ku, Tokyo |
20 |
20 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Shinkiba Daini Center Building |
Koto-ku, Tokyo |
5 |
5 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Celestine Shiba Mitsui Building |
Minato-ku, Tokyo |
49 |
22 |
45 |
Feeding stuff |
| TIS Takeshiba Building |
Minato-ku, Tokyo |
29 |
29 |
100 |
Power generation |
| Shin Kawasaki Mitsui Building |
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi |
87 |
47 |
54 |
Power generation |
| Shiodome City Center |
Minato-ku, Tokyo |
252 |
252 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Total |
1,774 |
1,170 |
66 |
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| Retail Facility |
LaLaport TOKYO-BAY |
Funabashi-shi, Chiba Prefecture |
474 |
474 |
100 |
Fertilizer |
| Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu |
Koto-ku, Tokyo |
431 |
431 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| Lazona Kawasaki Plaza |
Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi |
848 |
848 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| LaLaport Yokohama |
Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi |
379 |
379 |
100 |
Fertilizer |
| LaLa Garden Kasukabe |
Kasukabe-shi, Saitama Prefecture |
71 |
40 |
56 |
Feeding stuff |
| Mitsui Outlet Park Iruma |
Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture |
114 |
114 |
100 |
Fertilizer |
| Mitsui Outlet Park Sendaikou |
Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi |
79 |
79 |
100 |
Fertilizer |
| LaLaport Iwata |
Iwata-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture |
271 |
258 |
95 |
Feeding stuff |
| LaLaport Shin Misato |
Misato-shi, Saitama Prefecture |
104 |
52 |
50 |
Fertilizer |
| 4 |
4 |
100 |
Feeding stuff |
| LaLa Garden Nagamachi |
Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi |
26 |
26 |
100 |
Fertilizer |
| Total |
2,800 |
2,704 |
97 |
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Note:
1. Since figures have been rounded off, the sum of individual figures may not tally with the total.
2. The lower column for LaLaport Shin Misato indicates the disposed volume of food which has expired, etc.


At “LaLaport Yokohama,” (Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi) we collect the food scraps generated by restaurants, and compost it by outsourcing the operations to a recycling manufacturer. The recycled compost is used as fertilizer for outdoor plants at “LaLaport Yokohama.” Furthermore, we also distribute them to participants at events, etc. held at the facility.
In fiscal 2009, we used 2,000kg of compost for plants along the paths found at the peripheries of facilities. Furthermore, at the “Eco Classroom/Uchimizu Daisakusen (an event for sprinkling water on streets to control airborne dirt or ease heat) & Icicle Display” held in August, we distributed a total of 400kg (400gX1,000 bags) to participants.

Recycle Loop System for Used Paper
The Mitsui Fudosan Group has established its own recycle loop system for used paper. It collects the used paper generated in 153 office buildings in Tokyo prefecture which it directly administers and operates, and in LaLaport TOKYO-BAY (Funabashi-shi, Chiba prefecture), 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, or as toilet paper, and other items.
Fiscal 2009 Results
| Volume of used paper collected |
Volume collected from 153 office buildings in Tokyo prefecture |
9,631 tons |
| Volume collected from LaLaport TOKYO-BAY |
1,107 tons |
| Volume of recycled paper purchased |
Volume purchased by the Mitsui Fudosan Group
(office work-related) |
362 tons |
Overview of Recycle Loop System for Used Paper at Mitsui Fudosan
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 fluorescent lamps and dry-cell batteries that are disposed of at office buildings administered and operated by the Mitsui Fudosan Group, etc. and reproduce the mercury as material to be used for new fluorescent lamps, dry-cell batteries, etc., and reproduce the aluminum and glass to be used as recycled aluminum and glass.
Fiscal 2009 Results
| Number of Buildings Where Collections are Performed |
Total of 51 buildings (46 buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area and 5 buildings in the Kansai area) |
| Volume collected |
Fluorescent lamps: Approx. 28 tons; Dry-cell batteries: Approx. 4 tons |
Note: The 1 building in Sapporo which was included in the calculations until fiscal 2008 has been excluded starting from fiscal 2009 since it is a building for which we are outsourced the administration.
Overview of Complete Recycling System of Used Fluorescent Lamps and Dry-Cell Batteries
Environment-responsive Carpet Tiles
Mitsui Fudosan has established a system to collect used carpets that offices administered and operated by the Group disposed of, recycle them into environment-responsive carpet tiles and reuse them in office buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan area. In fiscal 2009, about 150,000m2 of used carpets were collected. The volume of environment-responsive carpet tiles delivered was approximately 57,000m2 and the volume accumulated since fiscal 2002 totaled roughly 377,000m2.