Apart from garment companies, Mr. Chiba met with a used-bottle recycling company and expressed his interest in joint-collaboration. He also met with Prof. Muhammad Yunus to get insightful suggestion on how to integrate social business philosophy into the recycling business.

After meeting with relevant parties, JEPLAN representative made his trip to Chhaygaon union of Shariatpur district to see the progress of a cleanliness project called GramClean, which is financed by that company. He expressed his great satisfaction after seeing the clean environment maintained by villagers, school students and project staffs. He also became fascinated with the bounty of natural beauty of Bangladeshi villages.