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☕ Collecting Coffee Grounds from Tully’s Coffee, Caravan Coffee, and Coffee Roastery Meguro – October 20, 2025
We collected 8 kg of unused coffee grounds from our visits to Tully's Coffee, Caravan Coffee, and Coffee Roastery Meguro this week, avoiding the release of about 20 kg of CO₂ emissions into the environment. In addition to using the collected coffee grounds as natural fertilizers for our garden, we also turned them into coffee oil to mix with wax in our sustainable candles again! The delivery of these candles and fertilizers to Hodogaya farms, school gardens, and senior living
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1 day ago1 min read


🥬 Dragon Dining Collection – October 13, 2025
On Monday, we were able to collect 1.483 kilograms of vegetable food scraps. We know this may not seem like much, but each collection adds up to a larger number of CO2 emissions prevented. This was then dried and turned into fertilizers which will be distributed to the local farms in Hodogaya. Thank you, Dragon Dining, for this continued support!
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7 days ago1 min read


🥬 Dragon Dining Collection – October 6, 2025
On Monday, we were able to collect 1.517 kilograms of vegetable food scraps. We know this may not seem like much, but each collection...
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Oct 71 min read


🌾 Visiting Local Farms in Hodogaya-ku – September 29, 2025
In order to give away the fertilizers and candles we had made from food scraps, we went to two farms in Hodogaya-ku on September 29th. We...
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Oct 61 min read


🥬 Dragon Dining Collection – September 26, 2025
On Friday, we were able to collect 2.2 kilograms of vegetable food scraps. We know this may not seem like much, but each collection adds...
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Oct 61 min read


🥬 Dragon Dining Collection – September 22, 2025
On Monday, we were able to collect 1.6 kilograms of vegetable food scraps. We know this may not seem like much, but each collection adds...
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Sep 231 min read


Overview from September 2nd (missed post) ~ September 15th, 2025
We have collected 3.2 kg of leftover lettuce and carrot peels. This might not seem like much, but it adds up to a significant amount of...
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Sep 231 min read


🥬 Tansaibo Collection – September 20, 2025
This Saturday, we went to Tansaibo to collect our weekly scraps. However, we were late, so we were not able to get a picture with the...
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Sep 231 min read


🥬 Tansaibo and Dragon Dining Collection – September 10, 2025
Sorry for the late post! We have recently collected a lot of vegetable scraps this week, with a total of 1.6 kilograms from Dragon...
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Sep 231 min read


☕ Collecting Coffee Grounds from Tully’s Coffee, Jo’s American Café, and Caravan Coffee – September 3, 2025
We went to three of our local partners on September 3rd to collect used coffee grounds: Tully's Coffee, Jo's American Café, and Caravan...
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Sep 31 min read


🥬 Tansaibo and Dragon Dining Collection – September 3, 2025
We continued our food waste collection efforts today through working with Tansaibo, Dragon Dining, the cafeteria at Yokohama...
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Sep 31 min read


🌾 Visiting Local Farms in Hodogaya-ku – August 20 & 26, 2025
In order to give away the fertilizers and candles we had made from food scraps, we went to two farms in Hodogaya-ku on August 20 and 26....
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Aug 261 min read


🥗 Mike’s Place – Kamakura – August 23, 2025
We traveled to Kamakura this past Saturday to check out Mike's Place, a cozy local restaurant next to the beach with tons of amazing...
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Aug 261 min read


🌱 Collection Update – Koma & Tansaibo – August 18, 2025
On August 18th, we visited both Koma and Tansaibo and collected a total of 1.65 kilograms of fruit and vegetable scraps . While the...
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Aug 181 min read


🥬 Light but Impactful — Tansaibo Collection — August 10, 2025
On August 10th, the majority of the scraps we gathered during our visit were leafy greens cabbage leaves and lettuce trimmings from...
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Aug 121 min read


🥬 Weekly Collection Update – Tansaibo – August 3, 2025
We visited Tansaiboon August 3rd as usual to gather food scraps for composting. Tansaibo made an amazing contribution this week, even...
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Aug 41 min read


🌿 Return to Koma & Tansaibo – 5.2kg of Vegetable Scraps Collected! – July 27, 2025
We visited our partners at Koma and Tansaibo once more on July 27. We were overjoyed to gather 5.2 kilograms of scraps this time,...
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Jul 291 min read


🕯️ Candle Recipe Perfected – Giving Back to Local Farms – July 15, 2025
On July 15th, our journey to transform repurposed waste into something meaningful reached a significant milestone when we truly mastered...
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Jul 151 min read


🕯️ Experimenting Coffee Candles – July 14, 2025
Our team has been working since we collected the used coffee grounds from cafes to make a repurposed coffee-scented candle. Even though...
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Jul 141 min read


☕ Tully’s Coffee Joins the Movement – July 11, 2025
On July 11th, we visited Tully’s Coffee , a well-loved café known for its comforting drinks and welcoming atmosphere. During our visit,...
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Jul 121 min read
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