Used Oil Collection Campaign
As part of our efforts to make World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 more environmentally friendly, the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 Local Organising Committee (WCH Tokyo 25) is teaming up with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to promote the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), an eco-friendly fuel that will be used for athletes' air travel, and to encourage the collection of used cooking oil, which serves as a raw material for SAF.
SAF is a type of biofuel usually made from food and feed crops and waste oils which, when more widely implemented, can ultimately reduce the carbon emissions of aviation fuel by up to 80% over its lifecycle.
This year, Tokyo has launched the "Used Cooking Oil Collection Campaign" in partnership with local municipalities, aiming to collect recycled cooking oil from households and support the supply of SAF to airports. The WCH Tokyo 25 will join forces with this campaign using our athlete ambassador and materials to help spread the word.
For more information about the "Used Oil Collection Campaign," please visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Environment website (Available only in Japanese):
WCH Tokyo 25 promotional activity
Message video from Haruka Kitaguchi
Haruka Kitaguchi, the reigning world champion in the javelin throw and an Athlete Ambassador for the WCH Tokyo 25, has shared a special message in support of the "Used Oil Collection Campaign."
Campaign banners and stickers
The WCH Tokyo 25 produces campaign goods (banners and stickers) to be displayed at collection points in local municipalities (about 80 locations in Tokyo) where the Household Oil Collection Campaign is implemented.
WCH Tokyo 25 joins SDG event project “Smile for the Planet” organised by TBS
The WCH Tokyo 25 will introduce the “Used Cooking Oil Collection Campaign” and other environmental initiatives at the Championships at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) project “Smile for the Planet” organised by the TBS. We’ll give away badges to those who bring household oil by return.
Date: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May from 11:00 to 18:00
Venue: AKASAKA Sakasu, Akasaka, Japan
Website: “Smile for the Planet”