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) reductions in final disposal volume of industrial waste (Fourth Target)
(2) Industry-specific targets & efforts
(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) Reduction target for final disposal volume of industrial waste
(2) Industry-specific targets
(3) Industry-specific plastic-related targets and other efforts
(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) Potential for reducing final disposal volumes of industrial waste
(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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