TOKYO -- Japanese toymaker Bandai Namco has begun recycling materials used in its Gunpla plastic models, an effort to raise fans' awareness of Gunpla -- plastic models based on the Mobile Suit Gundam sci-fi robot anime franchise -- by encouraging them to experience plastic models from production, to purchase, to recycling.
Plastic models are made almost entirely from the petrochemical material, but Bandai Namco aims to reduce its use of plastic through its Gundam-related business.
