愛知県における事業系食品廃棄物の再生利用

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  • Recycling of Commercial Food Waste in Aichi Prefecture
  • アイチケン ニ オケル ジギョウケイ ショクヒン ハイキブツ ノ サイセイ リヨウ

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<p>To increase the recycling of food waste which could be put to better use, the Law for the Promotion of the Utilization of Recyclable Food Resources (the Food Recycling Law) was enacted in 2000 in Japan. Up till then almost all food waste was incinerated or buried in landfill sites. Under this law, food distribution businesses and restaurants throughout the country are required to make efforts to recycle their food waste. However, the actual food waste recycling rate has not grown significantly since the law was enacted. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting why the recycling of commercial food waste in Japan is not proceeding as effectively as it could. The main conclusions of this study can be summarized as follows:</p><p>There are four distribution channels for commercial food waste: municipal disposal/recycling facilities; on-site recycling by waste generators; recycling facilities by food waste recycling contractors; and recycling facilities by governmentally licensed and registered food waste recycling contractors. As far as Aichi Prefecture is concerned, this study found that governmentally licensed and registered food waste recycling contractors can play a key role in promoting commercial food waste recycling in the future. However, the following problems exist:</p><p>First, only 79 food waste recycling contractors are governmentally licensed and registered in Japan. This is not a sufficient number of operations. Due to such an insufficient network of food waste recycling contractors, a food waste generating establishment may decide that, due to the long distances involved and the consequent high transportation costs, it is not worthwhile having its food waste recycled. Also, the recycling fees charged by the recycling business must be adequately balanced with the municipal waste disposal charges levied in the area. At the same time, food waste recycling businesses cannot be commercially feasible unless their recycling techniques are sufficiently developed to offer profitable products through recycling. Another potential impediment involves the codes of practice and agreements between the food waste generators and their haulers which have arisen from the government’s conventional waste management policies. The working practices and traditions which have so evolved may constitute a barrier to realizing more efficient food waste recycling.</p>

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  • 人文地理

    人文地理 62 (5), 445-461, 2010

    一般社団法人 人文地理学会

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