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What happens to the box when you're done? Even if it doesn't have music circuitry or a heater in it, the bamboo, wood, ceramic or plastic would be pretty lavis

What happens to the box when you're done? Even if it doesn't have music circuitry or a heater in it, the bamboo, wood, ceramic or plastic would be pretty lavish materials for something you're just going to toss. Do they get reused or recycled? The "Daruma" box is described as having a slot so it can be turned into a coin bank (nice try), but there's no other mention of the box's lifecycle after the meal.

m_mueller 8y ago
Japan is generally retty good at reuse&recycle, e.g. plastic bento boxes get recycled and lackered wooden ones from restaurants get reused, but I‘m honestly not sure about department store ones (never had them).
azernik 8y ago
Recycled. Japan has a very strong culture of "carry your trash around with you until you find the right bin", and a lot of self-sorting. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan The companies making these products have to pay the recycling authority for waste management in proportion to the amount of trash they generate.
- ecnahc515 8y ago
  Jeez I wish we had this in the US. The sheer amount of waste produced by this kinda stuff here is mind boggling.
  - marak830 8y ago
    To offset it though, everything here(jpn) is packaged. Banana? Yup, wrap it in plastic. Rubbish days were interested the first few years though, (5 days a week, something different every day where I live. Luckily there are multiple books describing what and how, in English haha).
  - freetime2 8y ago
    Japan is far from perfect when it comes to excessive packaging and recycling. According to this article it actually recycles less than the US: > In the bigger picture, however, Japan is a recycling laggard. According to 2014 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the municipal recycling rate for Japan was only 21 percent, below top-ranked Germany at 48 percent, Sweden at 33 percent and the United States at 26 percent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/plastic-fantastic-tokyo-recycle-waste/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/pla...

m_mueller 8y ago

Japan is generally retty good at reuse&recycle, e.g. plastic bento boxes get recycled and lackered wooden ones from restaurants get reused, but I‘m honestly not sure about department store ones (never had them).

azernik 8y ago

Recycled. Japan has a very strong culture of "carry your trash around with you until you find the right bin", and a lot of self-sorting. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan The companies making these products have to pay the recycling authority for waste management in proportion to the amount of trash they generate.

ecnahc515 8y ago
Jeez I wish we had this in the US. The sheer amount of waste produced by this kinda stuff here is mind boggling.
- marak830 8y ago
  To offset it though, everything here(jpn) is packaged. Banana? Yup, wrap it in plastic. Rubbish days were interested the first few years though, (5 days a week, something different every day where I live. Luckily there are multiple books describing what and how, in English haha).
- freetime2 8y ago
  Japan is far from perfect when it comes to excessive packaging and recycling. According to this article it actually recycles less than the US: > In the bigger picture, however, Japan is a recycling laggard. According to 2014 data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the municipal recycling rate for Japan was only 21 percent, below top-ranked Germany at 48 percent, Sweden at 33 percent and the United States at 26 percent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/plastic-fantastic-tokyo-recycle-waste/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/06/10/environment/pla...