It will start on April 1, 2020! New Law on "Plastics"

In order to promote efforts such as plastic resource recycling (3R + Renewable) among citizens, governments, and businesses involved in the processing of plastic waste from product design, the "Act on Promotion of Plastic Resource Recycling" was enacted in 2024. It will come into force on April 1, 2019, and municipalities will be obligated to make efforts to separate and collect plastics.
Currently, plastic waste discharged from general households in Inagi City is collected as combustible or non-combustible waste, incinerated at the Clean Center Tamagawa, and the heat generated is used for power generation and other heat recovery purposes. separates plastics that are suitable for recycling from combustible and non-combustible waste, and prepares to proceed with recycling.

With regard to plastic waste, the importance of further promoting the recycling of plastic resources in Japan is increasing in response to the problem of marine plastic litter, climate change, and the tightening of waste import regulations in other countries. Since it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the resource circulation system for plastics used in plastics, the "Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation Related to Plastics" was enacted and enforced from April 1, 2022. increase.