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Report on Our Booth at “Let’s Eliminate Plate Waste! mottECO FESTA 2025” for Reducing ”Food loss and waste”
2025年7月8日更新
Report on Our Booth at “Let’s Eliminate Plate Waste! mottECO FESTA 2025” for Reducing ”Food loss and waste”
On July 1, 2025, mottECO FESTA 2025, organized by the public-private-academic alliance mottECO Promotion Consortium, was held at the 2nd floor of Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
The event aimed to raise awareness of environmental issues such as food loss and waste reduction, the SDGs, and resource circulation. It featured exhibition booths introducing initiatives by government agencies, universities, and businesses, as well as panel discussions, lectures, and tastings of creative “Mottainai” (no waste) menus.
Event Overview
Let’s Eliminate Plate Waste! mottECO FESTA 2025 for Reducing ”Food loss and waste "
【Date】 Tuesday, July 1, 2025 | 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM
【Venue】 Hotel Metropolitan Edmont, 2nd Floor (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
【Program 】
- Exhibition booths introducing food loss reduction initiatives
(Participants included private companies in the consortium, local governments in Tokyo, relevant ministries, and universities) - Panel discussions by various stakeholders
- Lectures on food loss reduction
- Tastings of “Mottainai” menus
Reference: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001822.000030117.html
Our institute joined the event following an invitation from Seven & i Food Systems Co., Ltd. We created and displayed a poster summarizing food loss reduction initiatives at our university (see items ① and ② below). Additionally, we distributed materials introducing the activities of the Institute and the OCHA-SDGs Student Committee, including our institute leaflet, a student committee activity report, and academic papers related to food waste reduction (see ③ below), helping promote our work.
① Food Drive:We presented our joint food drive project with Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd., which began in 2022.
② Non-standard Vegetables:In FY2024, members of the student committee conducted interviews with agricultural producers regarding the current situation and challenges of utilizing non-standard vegetables. The findings were compiled and displayed.
③ Distributed Academic Papers:Three papers involving researchers and students from our institute were distributed:
1）Nishida I, et al. (2023). Characteristics of People Who Order the Appropriate Amount of Food at Restaurants, Jpn. J. Nutr. Diet., 81, 2, 68–74.
2）Kuneda T, et al. (2025). Outcome and process evaluation of the “OchaEco Bento” program to reduce food loss in a university cafeteria, JIHEP, 33, 1, 34–44
3）Kawasaki Y, et al. (2022). The relationship between traditional and common Japanese childhood education and adulthood towards avoiding food waste behaviors. Waste Management, 145, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.04.020
For more on the “OchaEco Bento” project, please refer to our FY2023 Activity Report (p.78).
（Institute's exhibition booth）
（Institute's exhibition booth ）
mottECO is a government-recommended initiative jointly promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Consumer Affairs Agency. It encourages not only finishing your meal and ordering appropriate portions but also taking leftovers home when dining out, aiming for nationwide food loss reduction through public-private collaboration.
We will continue to collaborate with various partners, drawing on student creativity to explore how everyday consumers can actively reduce food waste.
Our institute has signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. to promote the SDGs.
