Bicycling recycling in China

19 de maio de 2002 English, Acervo, Curiosidades 129 Views

Bicycling recycling in China

Ryoukan, a non-governmental organization in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture,
Japan has just launched a free bicycle rental service at the start of
the month for people needing a bike for a short time.

Asia Intelligence Wire reports that the bicycles used in the
service–called Charippa–are recycled ones that were abandoned at JR
stations and other places. Charippa is a made-up word combining
“charinko”–one way to describe bicycle in Japanese–and slipper. The
organizers hope that people would use the bicycles as freely as they
would slide into a pair of slippers.

Eight bicycles each are stationed in stands in front of the Ryoukan
office, JR Kita-sanjo Station, Maruyoshi Book Store, JR Sanjo Station
and Ichinokido shopping district. Ryoukan will soon add a bike stand in
front of JR Higashi-sanjo Station. After use, a bike can be returned to
any stand. The number of abandoned bicycles in the city has been
increasing, with about 600 expected to turn up this year–200 more than
the figure three years ago.

Ryoukan, a recycling group established in October 2000, came up with
the idea of reusing abandoned bicycles that otherwise would be
scrapped. After collecting dumped bicycles from around the city,
Ryoukan commissioned bicycle workshops to repair them.

The NGO received 2 million yen in assistance from the Earth Environment
Corporation, an affiliate of the Environment Ministry

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