アップサイクル事業

有限会社西川商会（代表: 西川正克）は、持続可能性をテーマに、これまで有効活用されてこなかった「使用済み自動車から取り外ししたエアバッグ」の新たな活用方法を模索してきました。
鳥取県出身で、ニューヨーク、ロンドンでも活躍されているファッションデザイナー、川西遼平氏とのコラボレーションにより、約3年かけて取り組んできた「エアバッグを、ファッションに生まれ変わらせるプロジェクト」が完成しました。

自動車リサイクルを事業とする当社では、廃車となった車から使用可能な部品は取り外し中古部品としてリユース（再利用）し、リユースできない部品は、素材ごとに仕分けしリサイクルをしています。
日本の自動車リサイクルは、自動車リサイクルの先進国と比べると、まだまだは進んでいません。今回、使用済み自動車から取り外ししたエアバッグを鳥取県の企業の力で、ファッションに生まれ変わらせました。

日本一人口の少ない鳥取県の自動車リサイクル企業が、地元でエアバッグの回収を行い、地元出身のデザイナーが服のデザインし、地元の縫製工場が縫製し、地元のセレクトショップで展示、販売を行っています。
展示の際に使用したLED照明や洋服ラックも地元企業の協力をいただいています。

Nishikawa Shokai Co., Ltd., under the leadership of Representative Masakatsu Nishikawa, has been conducting an investigation into potential avenues for the effective utilization of "airbags removed from end-of-life vehicles," based on the theme of sustainability. Through a collaborative effort with Ryohei Kawanishi, a renowned fashion designer originally from Tottori Prefecture and currently active in both New York and London, our organization has successfully concluded a project spanning approximately three years that aims to repurpose these airbags as fashion items.

As a company operating within the automobile recycling industry, we specialize in the removal and repurposing of usable parts from end-of-life vehicles as second-hand components, while also sorting and recycling any remaining parts based on their respective materials. Despite significant advancements in other countries, automobile recycling in Japan still lags behind other advanced nations. Nevertheless, with the help of several companies based in Tottori Prefecture, we were able to reimagine airbags as fashionable merchandise.

Our efforts to transform airbags into a new fashion line has involved the participation of various entities within Tottori Prefecture, the least populous prefecture in Japan. Specifically, our local automobile recycling company has been tasked with collecting the airbags, which are subsequently utilized in the creation of clothing designs by a local fashion designer. These designs are then manufactured by a local sewing factory and sold through select shops throughout the region. Local companies have also generously provided LED lighting and clothing racks for use in our exhibitions.

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