The logo of Mercari is displayed at the company’s Tokyo headquarters in June 2018.
18:00 JST, June 16, 2024
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A growing number of local governments in Japan are moving to sell some reusable oversized waste collected from households, including furniture, on popular flea market app Mercari.
The moves are aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from waste incineration.
There are also cases in which such waste is offered to people for free or recycled as materials.
The city of Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, began putting items up for sale on Mercari in October…