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Waste management in Japan today emphasizes not just the efficient and sanitary collection of waste, but also reduction in waste produced and recycling of waste when possible. This has been influenced by its history, particularly periods of significant economic expansion , as well as its geography as a mountainous country with limited space for ...
Recycling in Japan (リサイクル, Risaikuru), an aspect of waste management in Japan, is based on the Japanese Container and Packaging Recycling Law. Plastic, paper, PET bottles, aluminium and glass are collected and recycled. Japan's country profile in Waste Atlas shows that in 2012 Recycling Rate [clarification needed] was 20.8%. [1] [specify]
Kamikatsu Zero-waste Center (also known as "WHY") is a waste management and materials recovery facility that recycles over 80 percent of the waste produced in Kamikatsu, [1] which is much higher than the 20 percent average in the rest of Japan. It is at the center of what The Washington Post describes as an "ambitious path toward a zero-waste ...
Electronic waste in Japan is a major environmental issue. Although Japan was one of the first countries to implement an electronic waste recycling program, it is still having serious issues. In this day and age, e-waste disposal has become of major importance due to the increasing demand for electronics on a worldwide scale.
Waste Atlas; Waste characterisation; Waste hierarchy; Waste input-output model; Waste management in Japan; Waste management in South Korea; Waste sorting; Waste treatment; Waste treatment technologies; Waste-to-energy; Waste-to-energy plant; Water cremation; Windhexe; Wishcycling
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Waste management in the United States (6 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Waste management by country" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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