出版社：Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration
摘要：In 2000 Japan enacted the Basic Law for Establishing a Cyclical Society
(Cyclical Society Law), which was followed by several specific waste- and
recycling-related laws created within the framework of the Cyclical Society Law.
Among them are the Container and Packaging Waste Recycling Law, the Household
Appliance Recycling Law, and the Automobile Recycling Law. Additionally, the
Wastes Disposal and Public Cleansing Law has been amended a number of times. But
investigation of whether waste is being reduced and whether recycling is making
progress reveals many problems to be solved including illegal dumping and the
export of waste to other countries. This analysis uses the material cycle and
regime/actor analysis as the keys to understanding such problems. With global
environmental problems in mind, this investigation therefore attempts to
determine the basic conditions and challenges involved in creating a "cyclical
society" in modern Japan based on the question of whether it is possible to
realize human well-being while lowering our environmental burden. (JEL
Classifi-cation: O13, Q24, Q27, Q28)
关键词：Recycle Cyclical Society Cyclical Society Law Waste Illegal
Dumping Waste Disposal
