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ON JAPAN'S EXPERIENCE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Section

Environmental Safety Construction and Town Economy

Title

ON JAPAN'S EXPERIENCE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Сontributors

A.I. Bancheva, Engineer, the Applicant of the Geography Faculty at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The article presents the historical review of waste management system in Japan for the period from XX century to nowadays. The background to waste management challenges and further innovative changes in legislative framework and technological and management approaches are discussed. The second part of the article is devoted to evaluation of the waste management system which includes analysis such indicators as recycling rate, final disposal rate, dioxin emissions as well as targets of Basic Fundamental Plans of Sound-Material Society.

Keywords

Japan, environmental policy, waste management system, waste disposal, recycling.

References

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