Policy Proposals  Environment and Energy   Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society Results of Fiscal 2020 Follow-up & Policy for the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society from 2021 and beyond

March 16, 2021
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

Overview

Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
— Results of Fiscal 2020 Follow-up — <Overview>

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

2. Performance in fiscal 2019

  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

<Reference>
Policy for the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society from 2021 and beyond

Summary

Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
— Results of Fiscal 2020 Follow-up — <Summary>

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

2. Results of efforts in fiscal 2019

  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>
Main requests from individual industries to the national and local governments
(from the "Industry-specific Report")
<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 15, 2016)

Post-2020 Plan

Policy for the Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society from 2021 and beyond

  1. 1. Overview of the Voluntary Action Plan
  2. 2. Reduction target for the final disposal volume of industrial waste
  3. 3. Industry-specific targets
  4. 4. Industry-specific plastic-related targets

[ List of industry-specific targets from fiscal 2021 ]