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Policy Proposals  Environment and Energy Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society -- Results of Fiscal 2019 Follow-up -- (including "Industry-specific Plastic-related Targets")

March 17, 2020
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

Overview

Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
— Results of Fiscal 2019 Follow-up —
(including "Industry-specific Plastic-related Targets")
<Overview>

1. Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society (FY2016-)

2. Performance in fiscal 2018:

  1. (1) reductions in final disposal volume of industrial waste (Fourth Target)
  2. (2) Industry-specific targets & efforts
  3. (3) Industry-specific plastic-related targets
  • <Reference>
    Voluntary Action Plan for Promoting the 3Rs in Containers and Packaging

3. Near future challenges

Summary

Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
— Results of Fiscal 2019 Follow-up —
(including "Industry-specific Plastic-related Targets")
<Summary>

1. Efforts under the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

2. Result of efforts in fiscal 2018

  1. (1) Reduction target for final disposal volume of industrial waste
  2. (2) Industry-specific targets
  3. (3) Industry-specific plastic-related targets and other efforts
  4. (4) Other efforts towards establishing a sound material-cycle society

3. Challenges to be addressed in the near future for establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

  1. (1) Potential for reducing final disposal volumes of industrial waste
  2. (2) Challenges to be addressed in the near future

  • <Appendix 1>
    Outline of Opinion on formulating "Japan's Resource Circulation Strategy for Plastics"

  • <Reference 1>
    Background of the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

  • <Reference 2>
    Formulating the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society for fiscal years beyond 2015 (March 2016)

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