Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan

Policy Update from Japan

3rd GEM Network California

15-19 June 2013

Shunichi Honda PhD Section Chief Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN shunichi_honda@env.go.jp

Outline

1 Introduction

2 Trends and Statistics

3 Flow of E-waste and Second-hand Electronics

4 Public Awareness – Illegal dumping cases

5 Summary of Current Rules/Regulation on WEEE management

6 Relationship to Waste Management Policies for Non-WEEE Items

7 TBM of E-waste in Asia - 2007-2009 -

8 Questions for Discussion

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1. Introduction

Introduction of Ministry of the Environment

Established in 2001 (the former Environmental agency established in 1971) 2000 staff for 5 bureaus with 7 regional branches

Duties and responsibilities of Organization

for environmental issues

Speaker’s role and responsibilities

International affairs for waste and chemical management (MEAs, intl negotiations and programs)

Other agencies & organizations for WEEE management

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, National Institute for Environmental Studies

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Ap

plia

nce

s re

cycl

ed

(u

nit

s)

Recycling

rate (%)

86

74

80

91

85

FY

2. Trends and Statistics

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Retailers: 22.7

Moving companies: 0.1

2nd-hand shops: 2.01

Building wreckers: 0.42

2nd-hand collectors: 6.72

•Collectors: 3.69 •Drop sites: 3.03

Illegal dumping: 0.13

Municipalities: 0.19

Recycle: 25.6

Waste facilities: 0.72

Scrap dealers: 0.07 •Shredders: 0.002 •Small-scale dealers: 0.068

Yard dealers: 0.49

Collection by

Reuse: 8.01 •Free markets, etc: 2.84 •Web auction: 0.21 •Domestic reuse: 2.23 • Intl reuse: 2.73

Export as metal scraps: 0.067

Treatment: 0.06

Export for 2nd-hand uses: 2.73

Metal scrap for domestic

uses: 0.79

Export for

metal scrap: 3.97

Actions 2.79

22.4

0.07

0.22

0.02

0.2

1.95

0.06

0.3

0.04

0.12

2.66

0.21

0.06

0.2

3.7

0.13

0.54

0.25

0.19 0.08

Million units

E-w

aste

ge

ne

rati

on

: 38

.48

3. Flow of E-waste and Second-hand Electronics

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122,215

138,525

166,393 176,391 172,499

155,847

139,408

121,128 119,381

133,207 131,785

161,400

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Ille

gal D

um

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g (U

nit

s)

Enforcement

FY

4. Public Awareness – Illegal dumping cases

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Act Home Appliances Recycling

Act Small Electronic Appliance

Recycling Act

Purpose Legally promotion of ESM of E-waste and efficient use of recyclable

resources

E-waste

Air conditioners, televisions (CRTs, LCD/PDP TVs), refrigerators & freezers, washing machines &

clothes dryers

Mobiles, tablets, radios, audio sets, cameras, portable music

players, HDD, USB sticks, E-dictionaries, calculators, etc.

Flow Users → Retailers →

Manufacturers (Recyclers)

Users → Collection boxes/stations → Municipalities → Recyclers

with permission

Cost Users for transportation and

recycling Municipalities for collection

within MSW collection scheme

5. Summary of Current Rules/Regulation on WEEE management

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Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law

Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and

Packaging

The Basic Environment Law

Basic Environment

Plan

<Promotion of regeneration> <Proper treatment of wastes>

Regulation according to the character of individual products

Law Concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (the central government taking initiatives in procurement of recycled products)

Home Appliances

Recycling Act

Law on

Recycling

Food Wastes

Law Concerning Recycling of Materials for Construction

Works

End-of-Life

Vehicles

Recycling Law

Securing material circulation in society Reducing natural resource consumption Reducing environmental loads

Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources

Small Electronic Appliance

Recycling Act

6. Relationship to Waste Management Policies for Non-WEEE Items

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7. TBM of E-waste in Asia - 2007-2009 -

DE CN

JP

CA

ID

BE

US

FI

SG

SE

E-waste Fluorescent lamps Glass cullet OA equipment, ink, toner Ni-Cd batteries Waste lead-acid batteries

KP

100t

1352t

8.7t

10083t

332t

0.5t

60t

28t

105t 100t

10t 10t

50t

846t

565t

60t

11t

55t

2667t

3662t

207t

123t

MY

KR 220t

TH

1942t

4.3t

924t

177t

148t

22528t

38t

175684t 35083t

629t

PH

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• Discussion topics for the GEM Network that would be useful for your agency or organization:

Relationship between the environmentally sound management and transboundary movements of E-waste (and second-hand electronics)

8. Questions for Discussion

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