Sustainable Use of Resources
and Raw Materials

Companies are responsible for helping to achieve a sustainable, recycling-oriented society. Today, the world is making greater efforts to reduce waste by reviewing raw materials and reining in the use of plastics that could harm marine and other ecosystems. The Bandai Namco Group stands committed to reducing and controlling its waste emissions, in addition to using natural raw materials more efficiently and to a lesser extent.

Raw materials procurement

Waste reduction and recycling

Initiatives for Raw Materials Procurement

Combine “eco” and “fun” with new alternatives to plastics

Bandai Spirits is advancing initiatives to use recycled materials or alternatives to plastics for part or all of its plastic model products in order to reduce its use of petroleum-based plastics and lower CO₂ emissions. Bandai Spirits now uses alternatives to plastics such as new materials made primarily from limestone as well as eggshell plastics that partially include eggshells discharged as industrial waste for some of its plastic model products. In this manner, we are developing products in a way that fans can enjoy their favorite pastime while still benefiting the environment.

Plastic model made partially with eggshell plastics
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Actively utilize recycled materials

MegaHouse sells Rubik’s Cube Eco, a Rubik’s Cube made from recycled materials. Materials used to make the main unit and the paper used for the packaging are recycled materials.

Sun-Star Stationery is also working to develop stationery made from recycled plastic. The problem of surface blemishes in the form of black spots caused by the mixing of recycled plastics has been eliminated thanks to adjustments in the printing technology.

Going forward, the Bandai Namco Group will continue to develop products that utilize recycled materials.

Rubik’s Cube Eco made from recycled materials
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Implement green procurement in manufacturing of arcade games

Bandai Namco Amusement Inc. (formerly, Bandai Namco Games Amusement Division) became the first in the amusement industry to launch green procurement initiatives back in 2005. We actively purchase parts, materials, semi-processed goods, products, sales promotion items, and packaging materials that are environmentally friendly and compliant with laws in Japan and other countries from suppliers that carefully manage chemical substances that can adversely affect the human body and natural environment. This also helps us to reduce our environmental impacts.

Arcade game (product name: Mini Crane) made from materials with lesser environmental impacts. The arcade game’s parts can be removed without tools for easier recycling and it adopts exclusively LED lighting, resulting in a truly environmentally friendly design.

Actively promote reduction and recycling of packaging materials

The Bandai Namco Group is working to reduce and recycle packaging materials and containers used when selling products and services and is switching packaging materials to ones that are easier to recycle (changed from plastic to cardboard).

Heart, which plans and sells toys and confectioneries, changed the specifications of product designs in fiscal 2022, reducing the amount of glassine cups used in gift products for Valentine’s Day, White Day, and other occasions by approximately 7.55 million. This reduced CO₂ generated during incineration by about 1.4 tons compared to fiscal 2021.