Recent Developments in Circular Economies

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  • 循環型社会構築に向けての新展開
  • 循環型社会構築に向けての新展開 : EUと日本の比較の観点から
  • ジュンカンガタ シャカイ コウチク ニ ムケテ ノ シン テンカイ : EU ト ニホン ノ ヒカク ノ カンテン カラ
  • —A Comparative Study of the EU and Japan—
  • ――EU と日本の比較の観点から――

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Japan′s waste disposal and recycling policy has been successful so far ; while recycling has progressed rapidly the amount of landfilled waste has drastically decreased. Compared to recycling, however, the concepts of reduce and reuse have not been so quick to take root and flourish. This is perhaps because there are other problems involved, such as the difficulty of embracing the end-of-product attitude and the handling of parts and materials that are potentially polluting as these are being exported along an invisible flow. In order to develop a circular economy, these problems must be solved through the introduction of new policies with the aim of advancing the circular economy concept. To this regard, the EU has proposed new policy concepts such as “resource efficiency” and “end-of-waste”, which aim to enhance the quality of the existing circular economy. Studying these policy concepts and applying them in Japan could possibly help Japan to develop its own advanced circular economy. For this purpose, Japan will need to stipulate its policy concepts for a circular economy and analyze their function. Based on these, it is also recommended that an institutional infrastructure for constructing a circular economy must be developed.

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