Recycling Laws and Their Evaluation in Japan

In this chapter, firstly we explain the various recycling laws that have been enacted in recent years such as Container and Packaging Recycling Act, Home Appliance Recycling Act, Small Home Appliance Recycling Act, End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling Act, Construction Material Recycling Act, and Food Waste Recycling Act and discuss their problems. Second, we describe the “microplastics problem”, a new emerging global waste problem, and its measures in Japan. Finely we discuss the policy against illegal dumping which occurs in the waste and recycling management.