Lawson Inc. will begin an initiative to collect clothes people no longer need at convenience stores and reuse them via recycling or as secondhand clothing.
The major convenience store operator plans to team up with Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc., a major publishing agency, to implement the system. The companies plan to transport used clothing in the empty space of trucks after book deliveries are made, using the book delivery network for Lawson's outlets.
Lawson will install dedicated collection boxes starting Monday at its new environmentally friendly Green Lawson store in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, which opened in November.
