2024-03-28T21:43:11Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/547362022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20038hdl_2115_123E-waste Management in Japan: a focus on Appliance RecyclingYoshida, FumikazuYoshida, Haruyoe-wastehouse appliancesrecyclingTV setsair conditioners519As 10 years have passed since the Japanese home electrical appliance recycling system came into operation, the results of the system have become clearer, and it is therefore time for us to analyze and evaluate its performance in terms of both the environment and the economy. The system covers 4 specified house appliances, and although roughly 2/3 of these discarded appliances are collected and recycled formally by the manufactures, the greater part of the remaining 1/3 is exported as used items or scrap. Consequently, the government has issued guidelines for the reuse and recycling as countermeasures against illegal dumping and to regulate the export of e-scrap.Eighth International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, 23-25 October 2013,Shanghai ChinaConference Paperapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/54736https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/54736/1/ICWMT8.pdf2013-10engauthor