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Recycling in Japan (jap. リサイクル)
Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
Major Products: glass containers, PET bottles, paper containers and wrapping, plastic containers and wrapping
seperately collected: Steel cans, aluminum cans
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Paper (紙, Kami) |
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Plastic (プラ, Pura) |
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Aluminum (アルミ, Arumi) |
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Steel (スチール, Suchiiru) |
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PET bottles |
Recycling companies get contract for carry out recycling (by whom??). those business (who give the contract) pay a recycling fee.
Consumers are required to sort their waste.
Muncipalities collect and store the waste. (who collects?)
Recycling companies pick it up. Waste gets recycled and sold.
-> Area of use:
- Glass bottles
- Glass bottles, civil engineering and construction materials, tiles, glass fiber etc.
- PET bottles
- Textiles, plastic sheets, molded products, bottles etc.
- Paper containers and wrappings
- Recycled paper, construction boards etc.
- Plastic containers and wrappings
- Molding materials, synthetic oil, chemical raw materials, synthetic gas etc.
| Product | Recycling costs ¥/kg |
Volume of recycling tons |
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| Glass bottles, no color | 3.8 | 131,666 |
| Glass bottles, brown | 5.2 | 107,754 |
| Glass bottles, other | 1.8 | 112,495 |
| PET bottles | 1.8 | 272,850 |
| Paper | 12.5 | 56,364 |
| Plastics | 85.8 | 802,036 |