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Japan's ex-coal town makes circular shift with recycled cooking oil

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Omuta City, a historic centre of Japan’s coal industry, aims to make its mark with circular energy by paving its roads with asphalt made using recycled cooking oil. The “Roa(d)cal SDGs Project,” initiated by the Saga-based Tanaka Iron Works Co., Ltd., creates a local circular economy by collecting waste cooking oil from homes and restaurants and using it as a substitute fuel in asphalt production. This low-carbon asphalt is then used to surface …
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Zenbird broke the news in on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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