The production of TRIPWARE began five years ago in the Mino area of Japan. This region makes up about 60% of the ceramics in Japan and is famous for Minoyaki pottery. There are companies in Mino that specialize in everything from affordable to expensive high-quality pieces. Once fired, ceramic clay does not biodegrade. Because of this, Mino's experts were made aware of the possibility that they may exhaust the materials if they continue large-scale production in the same way. In efforts to save the history of over 400 years, they experimented for over 20 years with different pottery recycling techniques until they finally developed a process that worked.