Reconsideration of Packaging Waste. The Present Condition of the Enforcement of "The Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging".

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  • Ueno Akira
    Chief Executive Director, Japan Containers and Package Recycling Association
  • Doi Hirokazu
    Chief Executive Director, Japan Containers and Package Recycling Association

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  • 再考，容器包装廃棄物　　容器包装リサイクル法施行の現状
  • ヨウキ ホウソウ リサイクルホウ シコウ ノ ゲンジョウ

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Abstract

“The law for promotion of sorted collection and recycling of containers and packaging” (hereafter referred to as “The Law”) was put into full-fledged enactment since April 1997, aiming at appropriate disposal of container and package waste, while assuring effective utilization of resources. The Law provides that the consumers shall be responsible for sorted disposal of the used containers and packages, that the municipalities shall be responsible for the sorted collection, and that the business sector shall be responsible for the recycling or merchandising of collected material. For the period of 3 years since the inauguration of The Law, these obligations under The Law are limited to glass bottles and PET bottles in terms of material that falls into the framework, and to the large scale business entities concerning recycling duty.<BR>Japan Containers and Package Recycling Association (hereafter referred to as “The Association”), which is the core organization in the framework of The Law, entered into consignment agreement with some 500 companies for their recycling duty, and with some 1, 000 municipalities for the lifting of their collected recyclable materials under The Law. The Association contracts some 70 recycling businesses for processing the materials received from the municipalities for merchandising, and 80% of these materials have been recycled back to the market place to date. This result may be regarded as remarkable success for this kind of nationwide system that had been put in operation after very short preparatory period of time.<BR>From the year 2000, middle and small businesses, which are currently allowed a grace period, shall become involved in the framework, and paper and plastic containers and package shall fall under the umbrella of The Law. Presently study and preparation for systematization, including sorting standards, recycling methodologies, etc, are underway.

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  • Waste Management Research

    Waste Management Research 9 (4), 320-327, 1998

    Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

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