FamilyMart x Euglena
[Video release] Euglena biodiesel fuel used in FamilyMart delivery vehicles
Until the used cooking oil collected at the store is used as a raw material for biofuel and used in a delivery vehicle

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd.

　FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Takashi Sawada, hereinafter "FamilyMart") and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter "Euglena") From September, we will jointly collaborate on a circulation-type initiative to use Euglena Bio Diesel Fuel," which uses used cooking oil (waste cooking oil) at FamilyMart stores as part of the raw material, for FamilyMart delivery vehicles running in Yokohama City. It is carried out at.
　We are pleased to inform you that we have compiled a video so that you can see more easily what kind of process the used cooking oil collected from FamilyMart stores is used as a raw material for biofuel. ..
　As in this case of environmentally friendly delivery vehicles running on diesel fuel, we will jointly promote efforts with the aim of expanding recycling-oriented initiatives in the retail and transportation industries in the future. ..

[Video (about 1 minute)]
https://youtu.be/R-LmSW7nHsI

[Outline of efforts]

[Details of efforts]
About the use of biofuels in FamilyMart food delivery vehicles
・ Start of driving: September 2020
・ Target: One delivery vehicle traveling in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Utilization of used cooking oil from FamilyMart stores as biofuel
・ Start of collection: May 1, 2020
・ Stores: FamilyMart Tsurumi Chuo 4-chome store (Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture), Yokohama Kaminokicho Store (Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
・ Recovery amount: Total about 300L / month

[Background of efforts]
　 FamilyMart has formulated the "Famima eco Vision 2050" this year, and in order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, "Greenhouse gas (CO2 emissions)" has been set as a medium- to long-term target for 2030 and 2050. We have set numerical targets based on the three themes of "reduction," "plastic measures," and "reduction of food loss." FamilyMart supports the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration, which aims to "make Japan an advanced biofuel country," declared by Euglena Co., Ltd., and realizes a sustainable society by using Euglena We have decided to contribute to. Since 2014, Family Mart and Euglena Co., Ltd. have been jointly developing food products containing the Euglena (Japanese name: Euglena

　Euglena Co., Ltd. completed Japan's first biojet diesel fuel production demonstration plant (hereinafter referred to as "biofuel production demonstration plant") in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. Euglena biodiesel fuel" produced at the plant Euglena and used cooking oil as the main raw materials, and is not only carbon-neutral, which does not emit CO2 emissions, but also competes with food. It is expected to be a highly sustainable fuel that does not lead to forest destruction. In addition, "Euglena biodiesel fuel" can be used without problems in existing engines that use light oil derived from fossil fuels, and its introduction will shift to mobility powered by alternative energies such as hydrogen and electricity. It does not require the huge infrastructure costs required. In this way, "Euglena biodiesel fuel" is a clean energy that can be efficiently disseminated while maintaining the existing infrastructure in the modern society that is highly dependent on fossil fuels.

　FamilyMart and Euglena reuse used cooking oil generated at some FamilyMart stores in Yokohama City as part of the raw materials for biofuels produced at the biofuel production demonstration plant. In September 2020, Euglena Biodiesel Fuel" in FamilyMart delivery vehicles. This initiative is positioned as part of the activities of the "Biofuel Local Production for Local Consumption Project" (*) undertaken by Yokohama City and Euglena
(*) Yokohama City and Euglena Co., Ltd. have been working on the "Biofuel Local Production for Local Consumption Project" since July 2019.
https://euglena.jp/news/20190723-3/

　In the future, FamilyMart and Euglena will continue to implement sustainable initiatives related to the environment and human health through various initiatives in addition to the utilization of biofuels.

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-Contact for inquiries from the press-
Public Relations Department, FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd. Corporate Communication Division