Kobe City: Children’s Clothes “Upcycled” from Paper Packages and Thinned Wood

Press Release (March 17, 2023)
Planning and Coordination Bureau Tokyo Office
Kobe City and Nestlé Japan Co., Ltd. have launched a project titled “Weaving Thoughts from the Tokyo Area to Kobe,” the first of its kind in Japan, in which paper packages such as Nestlé products and milk cartons collected from people in the Tokyo area who have supported Kobe, and wood from thinning of Mt. Rokko, and upcycled them into children’s clothing to be delivered to children living in orphanages in the city.
The clothes for approximately 400 children will be donated to the Kobe City Federation of Children’s Homes.

1. Presentation Ceremony

Date: Friday, March 24, 2023, from 2:00 p.m.
・Place: Reception Room 3, 14th floor, No. 1 Building, City Hall Main Building
・Content: Presentation and commemorative photo
・Attendees: Yoshifumi Kaneko, Kobe City Children’s Home League
Miki Kano, Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Nestle Japan Corporation
Satsuki Nakayama, Director General, Kobe City Child & Family Bureau
Tetsuya Hattori, Tokyo Office, Planning and Coordination Bureau

2. Donations

Approximately 400 T-shirts for children

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Three designs with motifs of Kobe and Mt. Rokko were designed by designers from Nestle Japan Co.

<Example of design

3. To members of the press

If you wish to cover the event, please contact the following e-mail address by 5:00 p.m. the day before the event, indicating the name of the company and the name of the person(s) who will be covering the event (any format is acceptable).

＜(Please use any format you wish.) <Address>tokyo@office.city.kobe.lg.jp

About the “Spinning Thoughts from Tokyo to Kobe Project

This is an initiative to deliver children’s clothing to children living in orphanages in the city by effectively utilizing and upcycling paper packages such as Nestlé products and milk cartons collected from people in the Tokyo area who wish to support Kobe, and wood from thinning generated from the maintenance of Mt.

(Reference) https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/a69158/971358326417.html

(Amount required for 400 children’s T-shirts: 24 kg of paper packages and 24 kg of wood from thinning)

<Production process of children’s T-shirts