2024-03-28T10:08:29Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/547372022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20038hdl_2115_123New directions for the Japanese system of e-waste recycling1000070113644Yoshida, FumikazuYoshida, Haruyoopen accesse-wasteJapan,small electrical and electonics appliances519The Japanese government is in the process of making plans to create a new system for the recycling of small electronics appliances (audios, DVDs, mobiles, etc). t The law was approved by the t Diet in August 2012. In this paper we set out to analyse the merits and problems of the new proposed scheme by means of an e-waste flow analysis, a cost and benefit analysis and a regime actor analysis. We have taken the data for our examination from the final official report presented to the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, “A Proposal for a Recycling System of Small electrical and electronics appliances” (March 2012).2012-09engconference paperAMhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/54737Seventh International Conference on Waste Management and Technology 2012, 5-7 September 2012, Beijing ChinaInternational Conference on Waste Management and Technology7BeijingCHNhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/54737/1/ICWMT7.pdfapplication/pdf265.12 KB2012-09