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00:00This is a huge amount of garbage floating in the ocean.
00:05Most of it is plastic garbage.
00:08Approximately 150 million tons are floating in the ocean.
00:11It's a serious marine problem.
00:16Such marine garbage is thrown into fashionable tables and interiors.
00:20Furthermore, hangers have been reborn as a way of life.
00:24There is a start-up that attracted great attention at the world's largest exhibition.
00:29Oh, I see.
00:32This is Rimaare Co., Ltd. in Nagoya City.
00:36Rimaare.
00:38Hello. Nice to meet you.
00:42The representative, Mr. Masetanasuke, is 31 years old.
00:45Young.
00:46Young.
00:47Mr. Masetanasuke is young.
00:48It was founded in 2021.
00:50There are 20 employees and the average age is 32 years old.
00:56This is the product we developed.
01:01In Rimaare, plastic thrown into the sea is used as a material for fishing gear.
01:07We develop products using that material.
01:10It looks fun.
01:13Most of the fishing gear, such as ropes, floats, and baskets, are made of plastic.
01:20In addition, plastic garbage such as plastic bottles and containers are also used.
01:25For example, this ballpoint pen is made of a type of rope.
01:32If you look closely, you can see the pattern of the rope.
01:37Ropes soaked in seawater for a long time are discarded in about two years.
01:41I see.
01:43The ballpoint pen was made by reusing the rope.
01:47The twist of the rope is used as a design to give it a heavy feeling.
01:53It has a good taste.
01:56Of course, not only ropes, but also discarded plastic can be manufactured.
02:03It's good for the environment, but it's not just that.
02:06The craftsmen make each one by hand, so it fits in your hand and is easy to write.
02:13Just write?
02:16And this is a one-wheeled magazine.
02:19It's fashionable.
02:20It is made by reusing unused nets and baskets.
02:24It's compact, but it's heavy and stable.
02:31There are also hangers and coin cases.
02:34The strength of GIMARE is that it can be converted into all kinds of household goods that are essential for living.
02:41These products are used in hotels, inns, restaurants, and commercial facilities.
02:47Products that have been reborn from fishing gear have already been introduced to more than 140 manufacturers and have reached general users.
02:57In addition, two years ago, it was exhibited at Milano Salone, the largest furniture shop in the world held in Milano.
03:04I want to go. It looks fun.
03:06Some of the blocks made from nets and ropes will be sold for millions of yen.
03:12Products made from discarded fish gear are gaining worldwide attention.
03:20Plastic is cheap, light, and durable.
03:24So many plastics are used in the current fishing industry.
03:27However, it breaks in the ocean environment.
03:32Fishermen are in trouble because they can't get rid of such broken things.
03:36In order to convert them into such products, we do recycling and recycling.
03:44Mr. Nakamura, a fisherman who runs a persimmon farming business in Toba City, Mie Prefecture, was also one of the people who had trouble with discarded fish gear.
03:53Discarded fish gear can only be processed as industrial waste.
03:58It is the most difficult part to dispose of.
04:04In fact, the amount of discarded fish gear in Mie Prefecture alone is 200 tons per year.
04:08The cost of disposal is 30 million yen in total, and fishermen are burdened.
04:14This is a burden.
04:16By buying discarded fish gear, the cost of disposal is reduced.
04:23I'm glad to have met Mr. Wasei.
04:25We are in a place where we can't see the new world as fishermen.
04:30I hope we can cooperate and go in a good direction.
04:36In general, recycling, processing, and commercialization are carried out by different companies.
04:43As a result, costs are increasing.
04:46However, in RIMARE, everything is carried out in-house, so the cost can be greatly reduced.
04:57How is it made?
05:02This is a two-axis crusher.
05:05If it is a plastic rope or plastic gear, it is crushed to about 3 to 5 cm.
05:15Finally, it is crushed to a size of a few millimeters.
05:19Then, the solidified salt is removed and heated.
05:25Plastic itself has many different properties.
05:28For example, polystyrene plastic and polyester plastic are about 100 degrees and 260 degrees.
05:35In order to attach different properties, temperature and pressure must be calculated.
05:41We make about 4,000 data.
05:454,000?
05:46It's amazing. It's that hard.
05:48Over three years, we have collected about 4,000 data and developed an original variable-type heater.
05:55Wow, that's amazing.
05:57As a result, we were able to create a board-like material by mixing other marine plastic waste with various waste materials.
06:08Moreover, the strength is about 1.5 times that of wood, and of course, it can also be screwed.
06:14It's good. It doesn't break.
06:15It can be processed according to the application.
06:17Oh, by adding heat?
06:20What is the current project?
06:24We are currently making Godzilla.
06:27We are reproducing Godzilla, a world-famous character made of waste plastic.
06:33This is the fishing gear that fishermen use.
06:37It is called a fishing gear that is used for multi-purpose fishing and pearl fishing.
06:43We use it.
06:45For example, this side is a plastic that is disposed of by a company.
06:50For example, this is an orange basket that is used for agriculture.
06:58The setting is that Godzilla woke up from sleep due to marine environmental pollution caused by a water bomb experiment.
07:06It's a fish.
07:07The message in this work, which is made of marine waste, is that the sea should not be polluted any more.
07:14The goal is to dispose of 2,000 tons of plastic waste per year,
07:18and ASE is aiming to optimize the resource circulation with sustainable products.
07:24Before starting IMALE, his job was actually a sea urchin.
07:32I originally wanted to be an adventurer, so I became a sea urchin.
07:35I had a job to go to Antarctica,
07:38and there was a lot of marine plastic floating in the Philippine ocean.
07:43Plastic can be manufactured at a low energy cost.
07:47I knew that it was a very good material from the point of view of the material.
07:53I thought it was not the time to be an adventurer, so I decided to do business using plastic.
07:58It's cool.
07:59It's big when you actually see it.
08:01He was shocked by the mountain of sea, and it seems that a sense of mission was born that he had to do something about it.
08:07And he immediately quit his job as a sea urchin,
08:10and went to the sea to start a recycling business.
08:13He started by diving into the sea and picking up garbage himself.
08:18When I was picking up garbage,
08:22I was often mistaken as a fish farmer.
08:25When I thought about it, I had to talk to the fishermen and get their understanding.
08:31Otherwise, I couldn't do the business.
08:35He cooperated with fishermen and fisheries companies to get them to understand the activity in the sea.
08:40He learned that about 60% of marine garbage was fish, and started his current activity.
08:47Mr. Ishikawa, who went on a persimmon farm in Toba City, Mie Prefecture, supported RIMARE from the beginning.
08:55Mr. Ishikawa not only connects the networks of fishermen and research institutions,
09:01but also lent the factory to RIMARE for free for a year.
09:07Wow, it's huge!
09:09It's free? Even the heating fee?
09:13By supporting them while being a fisherman,
09:16I felt that I could connect the future to something rich in the sea.
09:23I still want RIMARE to fly around the world.
09:29I want to be a company that represents Japan.
09:35We are developing a plant that automatically automatically processes all the production.
09:41When garbage is put in, it becomes a plate material in an instant.
09:47We want to develop such a plant, not only in Japan, but also internationally.
09:52We want to re-evolve all the plastic that can't be put in incinerators.
09:59Good morning. I'm Terasu Tokio. Nice to meet you.
10:02Nice to meet you, too. I'm Masa. Nice to meet you.
10:05Nice to meet you, too.
10:07Wow, it's amazing.
10:10Is this the one that was made?
10:12Yes, this is made of recycled plastic.
10:16So there's no pattern like this?
10:19That's right.
10:20I think it's worth the fact that what was thrown away is still here.
10:24I see.
10:25This is also fishing gear.
10:26This is also fishing gear?
10:27Yes.
10:28Even the color?
10:29That's right. This is a fishing gear that is used in the cultivation of oysters.
10:32I see.
10:34But it's reliable, isn't it?
10:36Yes.
10:37This thickness is also necessary, isn't it?
10:38Yes.
10:39This is the same for a hanger and a ballpoint pen.
10:43Where does this idea come from?
10:45Basically, it's processed into a plate material.
10:49By processing it into a plate material, you can make various things afterwards.
10:53It's a strange story, but I feel like I can make a house.
10:55That's right. In the end, I want to make a house.
10:58What about the harm to humans?
11:00I've tested it, and I know there's no harmful gas, so it's okay.
11:05But I don't think it's possible to solve the garbage in the sea.
11:14Is this a job that can be done just by cleaning the sea?
11:19What I thought when I first saw it was that it looked like a treasure as a plastic material.
11:30You can get it for free, and you can buy it for various things.
11:33I like to make things, so I thought that if I could make various things and convert them to accept them in the world, I could slowly solve the problem without children.
11:47I think there will always be a certain amount of heat.
11:52The waste plastic is a treasure.
11:55Representative Mase started with a passion.
11:58However, while collecting garbage, he was mistaken for a waste collector, and a high wall stood up.
12:05How did he solve it?
12:09I saw the picture at the time, but I don't think Mr. Mase is Mr. Mase.
12:15Mr. Mase at the time of Sakarajan.
12:18I started from Wakayama, and I couldn't accept it, so I moved to Kushimoto.
12:27Kushimoto is a place where a lot of garbage gathers.
12:30I thought it was here, so I presented it to Mr. Ryoshi.
12:35After all, garbage is garbage.
12:38It doesn't make money, and on the contrary, garbage may become garbage.
12:41That's why I was told not to do that.
12:46I couldn't accept it, so I moved to Mie Prefecture.
12:52I kept presenting that I wanted to do this kind of thing to various Ryoshi.
12:56Did you understand in Mie Prefecture?
13:00That's right. In total, I was looking for a place for about a year and a half.
13:05Of course, you didn't make any profit for a year and a half.
13:09No, I didn't.
13:11I was looking for a place while reducing my savings.
13:15Even though you have a treasure?
13:17Even though I have a treasure, I can't change anything.
13:19You didn't let it go.
13:21It went on well.
13:23When I moved to Mie Prefecture, I was a little discouraged.
13:28If I can't face anyone as it is, I'm going to quit.
13:33Even though he was about to give up, he arrived in Toba, Mie Prefecture.
13:38To persuade the local Ryoshi, he helped with net maintenance and cleaning the ship.
13:48Here's a quiz.
13:51Mr. Mase, who was helping to shorten the distance, made something and further shortened the distance with the Ryoshi.
14:00What do you think he made?
14:02It's definitely a picture of fishing.
14:06I see.
14:08Mr. Mase, what's the answer?
14:10I made a bar in front of the factory and communicated with the Ryoshi.
14:15What?
14:33I see.
14:35It must have been very difficult.
14:37While I was doing this, the Ryoshi started to say,
14:41I'll support you.
14:44I saw it.
14:46On the contrary, I realized that he was serious.
14:49Surprisingly, the biggest challenge was the relationship between people.
14:54I thought it would be difficult to make more.
14:59Isn't it difficult to make?
15:02I was working on the destroyer, but I'm also working on the engine room.
15:07Engine room.
15:08Not only the destroyer, but also the engine and boiler of the ship,
15:12Mr. Mase was on board the ship as a mechanical engineer.
15:17His know-how is well utilized in the factory facilities.
15:23What does a mechanical engineer do?
15:26For example, the design of the engine room, electricity and power generation,
15:30all the infrastructure must be done.
15:32So, using the mechanical engineer's know-how,
15:36I started with the development of the machine to process the plastic.
15:40I did it all by myself.
15:43If you buy a used machine, it costs about 40 million yen.
15:48So, I made everything from the frame to the heating system.
15:54How much can you make with that?
15:56I can make about 1 million yen.
15:58You can make 40 million yen with 1 million yen?
16:02That's interesting.
16:05But it's an idea from a place where you can't spend money.
16:09That's right.
16:11It's the same as plastic.
16:13If you think about how to make good use of what you have,
16:16you can build a resource cycle cheaply by combining it with machines that have already been disposed of.
16:24To make a resource cycle.
16:27A product that can be made from discarded fish products made with that thought.
16:32He is thinking about the next cycle as well, not just the productization.
16:38If we just make a plate material, there is a possibility that it will become garbage again.
16:43I see.
16:45After that, we have to think about what to change.
16:48In that sense, it's about the plate material of fish products.
16:50However, we have already succeeded in returning 80% of the weight to石油.
16:55So, first of all, we change the garbage to the plate material.
16:59By making it into a variety of products, we store it once in the society.
17:03Then, when it is disposed of as garbage again, we return it to石油 and turn it into fuel for the ship's engine.
17:11By building such a supply chain, we are now thinking about how to solve this problem.
17:16Then, Mr. Masayoshi, isn't it better to do a job for石油?
17:20There is a big problem with this.
17:24In the first place, it is about making 500 million yen per plant.
17:28But you can make 5 million yen into 2 million yen, right?
17:33You can't do that?
17:35That is prohibited.
17:37It's not that easy.
17:40So, Mr. Ote and Mr. Kei will do it.
17:43I see.
17:44But as long as you don't work with various people, you can't solve the problem, right?
17:51That's right.
17:53Mr. Masayoshi, your business is growing well.
17:58In fact, you had a further ambition.
18:01He became a publicist dreaming of a world adventure.
18:06Mr. Masayoshi changed to a ship called Rimare on the way.
18:09However, he still has a terrible dream.
18:17When I was 22 years old, I bought a ship for 3 million yen.
18:23But I broke it in 3 months.
18:26The ship that Mr. Masayoshi bought, Biscuit, left for Aichi prefecture.
18:32He kept regretting, but 3 months later, the propeller suddenly stopped working and the ship broke down.
18:40However.
18:42I'm still chasing my dream.
18:45I really want to build a super big ship.
18:50I want to be a pirate.
18:52I want to go to the South Pole.
18:55I'm building a ship now.
18:58Really?
19:02Mr. Masayoshi is a representative of Rimare, which makes new products using discarded fish and plastic.
19:11He has loved adventure since he was a boy, and now he has a big dream.
19:17I really want to build a super big ship.
19:21The cost is 50 million yen.
19:25I already have it in my head.
19:30What is the super big ship worth 50 million yen?
19:35You like the sea.
19:37This is it.
19:39Hansen Mase.
19:41Are you going to be a pirate?
19:43It has 200 people on board.
19:47It's about 110 meters long.
19:52It uses a gun instead of an engine.
19:55200 people will go to the destination together.
20:04Hansen Mase is the ship that can experience this process on Earth.
20:09I see.
20:11What is the route to Hansen Mase?
20:14We will go around the Earth.
20:18We will start from Japan and go to the South Pole.
20:20We will go to the South Pole and pick up meteorites.
20:26It's something that doesn't exist on Earth.
20:28It's full of mystery.
20:30It's romantic.
20:32The amount of heat is different.
20:34That gaze is real.
20:37What does his wife, Ms. Aki, think?
20:41There are children.
20:43We met because of that story.
20:49We made a ship worth 50 million yen and traveled the world.
20:54We talked about how we can't fight a war if we have friends all over the world.
20:59I want to make that dream come true.
21:04I believe it will come true.
21:07My family supports me.
21:08I want to make a ship worth 50 million yen and travel the world with my family.
21:16I won't get on the ship.
21:19You won't?
21:23It's interesting.
21:25His wife is an interesting person.
21:29She was interested in that story.
21:31She said it would be a pirate ship.
21:33You started dating because you liked it?
21:35Yes.
21:36That's amazing.
21:38You're a good couple.
21:40Do you make the ship yourself?
21:43I design it myself.
21:45The material is wood, right?
21:47It's a modern ship, so there are parts that are not wood.
21:51I'm making a ship right now.
21:54Really?
21:56I'm making a ship that can carry 11 people.
22:01I'm doing it first.
22:03There are 200 people.
22:07To be continued.
22:11Next time, AI solves the shortage of people.
22:15A new start-up to save the manufacturing industry.
22:18That's amazing.
22:20It's really cheap considering the labor cost.
22:24The company's path is steep.
22:26He also experienced living on the veranda in Israel.
22:30Don't you have a roof now?
22:32It's wide.
22:34It's not wide.
22:36It's not wide.