Japanese Only - "LIMEX Sheet", which uses limestone as the main raw material, has been adopted as poster paper for "RakuPOS ECO," a material circulation academic poster service.

- Promoting the recycling of LIMEX through material circulation coordination service "MaaR for business" -

TBM Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, hereinafter referred to as TBM), whose main raw material is limestone, "LIMEX Sheet" is being sold by Kinko's Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo). Minato-ku, President: Hiroki Watanabe, hereinafter Kinko's) has been adopted as the poster paper for material circulation academic conference poster service "Rakupos ECO".

Kinko's provides a service for poster presentations at academic conferences and lectures, such as a poster printing service and a service for displaying and removing posters at venues. The Rakupos service disposes of posters that are no longer needed after the event, and we felt the need for a plan with a lower environmental impact. Therefore, LIMEX Sheet, which does not use wood pulp and does not require a lot of water during the manufacturing process, is used for poster paper, and we have started offering the "Raku POS ECO" service that collects and recycles after use. bottom. This scheme is realized through the material circulation coordination service "MaaR for business" provided by TBM.

The service of "RakuPOS ECO" has already been used at the "Academic Conference held in Pacifico Yokohama in November". Kinko's Pacifico Yokohama store, which is operated by Kinko's, is located in Pacifico Yokohama, the venue of this conference. In addition, the Yokosuka plant operated by TBM is also located in Kanagawa Prefecture, so we have started a recycling scheme that is complete within the prefecture. increase. In the future, we plan to expand the area of deployment by accumulating experience and achievements through the provision of services.

MaaR for business service site: https://service.maar.app/

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Service overview

<Flow from use to recycling>

1. Ordering: Members order posters from the dedicated website.
2. Printing: Kinko's will print and display posters at the venue.
3. Collection: After the closing, Kinko's will collect the posters that are no longer needed at the venue, and TBM will collect them.
4. Recycling: Recycling is carried out at a recycling plant.

<Price>
・ LIMEX poster print: 12,000 yen / piece
・Display, collection, and recycling at the venue: 3,000 yen/sheet