Japan's Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act of 1970 legally defined industrial waste and established that the responsibility for treating and disposing of waste is placed on those who discharge it.
Sources
- Prospects of Japan's Waste Management and Material Cycles in the Reiwa Era (1): Looking Back on the Showa Era and Heisei Era (www-cycle.nies.go.jp)
- https://www.jwnet.or.jp/en/assets/files/Waste_management_in_Japan_Rules_and_Figures_July2023.pdf (jwnet.or.jp)
- https://www.jica.go.jp/activities/issues/env_manage/n_files/t02_en.pdf (jica.go.jp)
- https://www.env.go.jp/en/recycle/smcs/attach/hcswm.pdf (env.go.jp)
- https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11834462_02.pdf (openjicareport.jica.go.jp)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230546844_Japan's_Efforts_Against_the_Illegal_Dumping_of_Industrial_Waste (researchgate.net)
- https://xtrend.nikkei.com/atcl/word/00/00001/00330/ (xtrend.nikkei.com)
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