JAL GROUP NEWSSustainability
Feb 28, 2024

JAL Initiates the Collection of Household Used Cooking Oil for
Utilization as SAF Feedstock
Tokyo, JAPAN – Japan Airlines (JAL) is participating in the “FRY to FLY Project”(*1), which aims torealize a decarbonized society through domestic resource recycling, and is promoting initiatives for theproduction of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by utilizing used cooking oil as its feedstock.
JAL has signed a partnership agreement with Yokohama City, a participant in the project, to establish
and implement a system for collecting used cooking oil from households for its utilization as SAF
feedstock. Starting from March 2024, efforts to collect used cooking oil from households in Yokohama
City will be initiated at AEON Food Style Kamoi store operated by Daiei.
(*1) Press Release No. 23006 dated April 17, 2023. “Participation in the ‘FRY to FLY Project’, for the Realization of a
Decarbonized Society through domestic resource recycling" (only in Japanese)
https://press.jal.co.jp/ja/release/202304/007357.html【Cooperative Initiatives】
1. Establishment and social implementation of a comprehensive system for utilizing used cooking oil as
feedstock of SAF.
2. Promotion and awareness-raising among citizens regarding the recycling of used cooking oil into SAF,etc.
【Collection and Recycling Process】
1. Collect used cooking oil in a dedicated collection bottle for each household, and pour it into acollection box installed at the store. Empty bottles can be reused at home.
2. When the collection box is filled with a sufficient amount of used cooking oil, used cooking oilcollection operators will collect and transport it to a SAF or other manufacturing plant.
3. The manufactured SAF will be used by airlines to reduce CO2 emissions. （*2）(*2) The actual utilization of collected used cooking oil as SAF is scheduled to start after 2025. Until then, it will be used as
feedstock of biodiesel and other purposes.

Reusable bottle andCollection box at stores *image

Collection of used cooking oil *image

Japan Airlines Public Relations
Department 03-5460-3105

JAL GROUP NEWSThe JAL Group is committed to achieving the target of replacing 1% of total fuel on board with SAF by2025 and 10% by 2030. To accomplish this, JAL is procuring SAF domestically and internationally, and is
supporting the manufacturing and commercialization of domestically produced SAF by collaborating withstakeholders across industries within Japan. In Sakai City, Osaka, the construction of Japan’s first SAF
manufacturing plant is underway with the goal of commercializing domestically produced SAF by 2025.
While used cooking oil is expected to be the primary feedstock of SAF for this plant and future plants,
a large amount of household used cooking oil is being disposed of without being utilized. JAL aims topromote the spread of collection systems for these unused resources from households and plans toexpand this initiative from Yokohama City to other regions nationwide.
【Schedule of the collection of used cooking oil】
For the initial phase of this initiative, the establishment of a collection system at AEON Food Style Kamoi
store (*3) will commence. In parallel, an event called “FRY to FLY” will be held with the aim of raisingawareness about SAF. Further details regarding these activities will be available through social media
channels of JAL, Yokohama City, and Daiei.
(*3) Location: AEON Food Style Kamoi store (1-6-1 Kamoi, Midori-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture). 3 mins walkfrom the South Exit of Kamoi Station on the JR Yokohama Line.

Schedule

Trial Phase

FRY to FLY Event(Held in front of the store)

March 16 (Sat), 17 (Sun)

1st trial of collection

March 16 Sat, 17 Sun

April 20 (Sat), 21 (Sun)

2nd trial of collection

April 20 Sat, 21 Sun

May 13 (Mon) through 19 (Sun)

3rd trial of collection(Pilot phase)May 18 Sat, 19 Sun

From June 5 (Wed)Roll-out－Image of the event

Visual representation of the “FRY to FLY Project”

Japan Airlines Public Relations
Department 03-5460-3105