Japan’s Teijin Group has announced that its New York-based holding company, Teijin Holdings will provide reusable eco-bags made with Teijin's recyclable polyester for the Japan Day Festival to be held in New York City's Central Park on 13 May.
The company will provide 700 eco-bags featuring the 2012 theme event, cherry blossoms, which will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japan.
According to the company, the eco-bags, made with Teijin's Eco Circle Fibers will be used to pack T-shirts that will be sold to raise funds for the planting of cherry trees in Central Park.
Teijin will recycle the bags at the end of their useful lives by using the Eco Circle closed-loop recycling system.
Eco Circle is developed by a Teijin Group subsidiary, Teijin Fibers and employs the technology for chemical recycling.
