Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus x Euglena Co., Ltd.
Euglena biodiesel fuel is used for buses running in Yokohama city
-Elementary school students who cooperate in collecting used household cooking oil, which is the raw material for biofuel, are also in charge of wrapping.
We operate environmentally friendly buses "for the future where children live" ~

Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd.

　Keikyu Group Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Shinsuke Tanaka, hereinafter "Rinko Bus") and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter "Euglena Euglena Biodiesel Fuel" has begun to be used for route buses running from Tsurumi Station on the harbor bus to Yokohama City.
　On the route bus, elementary school students from Yokohama City Shishigaya Elementary School (hereinafter referred to as "Shishigaya Elementary School") who cooperate in collecting waste cooking oil (used cooking oil at home) Euglena I'm wrapping a picture with the theme of "Nature I want to keep."
　Lingang Bus and Euglena Co., Ltd. operate eco-friendly buses with children's feelings for the future.

A route bus that wraps a picture drawn by an elementary school student

At the end of October 2018, 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, and "made Japan a biofuel advanced country." We have declared "GREEN OIL JAPAN" aiming for. Euglena company to manufacture Euglena biofuels, Euglena microalgae and waste cooking oil, such as are used as a raw material, the elementary school part in Shishigaya elementary and Yokohama Municipal Shimosueyoshi elementary school of the waste cooking oil (hereinafter referred to as "Shimosueyoshi Elementary School") We are reusing used cooking oil from home that we collect.
　At the harbor bus, we have been making efforts to reduce the burden on the global environment by introducing hybrid buses and EV buses. In addition, we are working with the local people to become a familiar company, and we have Euglena Our "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration and decided to use Euglena biodiesel fuel.
　Shishigaya elementary school, Shimosueyoshi elementary school, Rinko bus, Euglena, Inc., and the waste edible oil recovery, which is a raw material of the bio-fuel, the production of bio-fuel, are carried out at all to use Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama City and Euglena, Inc. We are promoting activities as part of the "Biofuel Local Production and Local Consumption Project"  ^{* 1 that we are working on.}​
　The exterior and interior of the route bus that operates are wrapped with pictures drawn by elementary school students at Shishigaya Elementary School on the theme of "nature that you want to preserve even as an adult", and from March 28, 2020, it will be general. We are traveling from Tsurumi Station to Yokohama City with our customers.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Posting a poster for a fixed-route bus　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Route bus wrapping interior

　Lingang Bus and Euglena will continue to implement environmentally friendly initiatives.
　The details are as follows.
　* 1: 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/

―Euglena About the wrapped route bus using biodiesel fuel―

● Road Line: Tsurumi Station West Exit-Kikuna Station, Tsurumi Station West Exit-Shin-Yokohama Station, Tsurumi Station West Exit-Tsunashima Station, etc.
　　　　　Each system under the jurisdiction of the Tsurumi Sales Office, a harbor bus that departs from the west exit of Tsurumi Station (* Routes vary depending on the day)
● Period: From March 28, 2020 to around March 2021 (planned) ^{* 2
　 * 2: Travel period of the wrapped route bus. The use of next-generation biodiesel fuel will continue thereafter.
　　　　　Initially, it was planned to be unveiled in an event format, but due to the recent impact of the new coronavirus infection, it was announced on the release.}

-Cooperation for collecting waste cooking oil at elementary schools in Yokohama-

● Shishigaya Elementary School: Total collection amount 32L (as of the end of February 2020) / Period May 2019-February 2020
● Shimosueyoshi Elementary School: Total collection amount 85L (as of the end of March 2020) / Period October 2019-ongoing

● Regarding the “GREEN OIL JAPAN” Declaration
　With the completion of the biofuel production demonstration plant in October 2018, Euglena declared "GREEN OIL JAPAN" aiming to "make Japan a biofuel advanced country". By introducing biofuel produced at Our biofuel production demonstration plant to land, sea, and air vehicles, and by expanding supporters who produce and use biofuel throughout Japan by 2030, biofuel The goal is to establish the business as an industry. By achieving the goals, we will contribute to the SDGs "GOAL7: Affordable and clean energy" and "GOAL13: Take concrete measures against Climate Change."
　Euglena Co., Ltd. supports the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration, uses biofuel, supplies raw materials, and cooperates with companies and organizations (transportation, food and drink, local governments, etc.) ) is solicited. https://euglena.jp/greenoiljapan/

● About "Euglena Biodiesel Fuel"
　​_{Biofuels are renewable liquid fuels that theoretically emit less CO 2} than existing fossil fuels, and are becoming more widespread around the world, especially in Europe and the United States. On the other hand, conventional biofuels are mainly made from crops such as corn, sugar cane, soybeans, and palms, so problems such as competition with food and an increase in greenhouse gases due to deforestation have been pointed out.
　Euglena company producing Euglena biodiesel fuel, Euglena microalgal oils and waste edible oils, such as by a main raw material, be an excellent fuel sustainability without causing problems such as conflicts and deforestation and food Is expected. In addition, it can be applied to existing engines that use fossil fuels without any problems, and it does not incur the large infrastructure costs required for the transition to alternative energies such as hydrogen and electricity. It may spread efficiently while maintaining the existing infrastructure, and its use may expand.

<About Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co., Ltd.>
　Established on November 18, 1937. A bus operator that originated in the bus business of the Tsurumi Rinko Railway, the predecessor of the current JR Tsurumi Line, and is a group company of Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. General routes cover Kawasaki Ward, Saiwai Ward, Nakahara Ward, and Tsurumi Ward, Kohoku Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama City. In 2017, we celebrated the 80th anniversary of the company's founding, and we are holding various events to serve as a foothold for the citizens and continue activities that connect the regions and contribute to the vitality of the railway lines. https://rinkobus.co.jp

<About Euglena Co., Ltd.>
　In 2005, we succeeded in establishing the world's first edible outdoor mass culture technology for microalgae Euglena (Japanese name: Euglena) on Ishigaki Island. In addition to developing and selling functional foods and cosmetics that utilize Euglena and chlorella produced on Ishigaki Island, we are also conducting research toward the production of biofuels. Listed on TSE Mothers in December 2012. TSE First Section market change in December 2014. The management philosophy is "to make people and the earth healthy". https://euglena.jp

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