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Waste Management and
Resource Efficiency

Towards environmentally sound material flows and to realise sustainable production and consumption in the Asia-Pacific region

Rapid economic and population growth is causing serious problems related to resource consumption and waste management in Asia. The project conducts strategic policy research on both upstream (production, consumption and distribution) and downstream (waste and recycling) issues of resource use. Special attention is given to international recycling and linkages between product and recycling policy and chemicals management policy.

What's New?

		Event:Inaugural Workshop of "Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research" (9-10 November 2009, Tokyo)
		Event:Inaugural Meeting of the Regional 3R Forum in Asia; a facility of international collaboration towards 3R policy implementation in Asian countries (11-12 November 2009, Tokyo)
		Publication:Extended Producer Responsibility Policy in East Asia: in Consideration of International Resource Circulation
		Publication:National 3R Strategy Development: A Progress Report on Seven Countries in Asia from 2005 to 2009
		Publication:Improved Organic Waste Management: Climate Benefits through the 3Rs in Developing Asian Countries

Outline

Overall Goal
	To establish environmentally sound material flows and to realise sustainable production and consumption in the Asia-Pacific region
Overall objectives
	The project aims to identify the necessary upstream and downstream policy measures by conducting strategic research in response to specific policy needs generated by the drastic increase in waste generation in the Asia-Pacific region and the internationalisation of waste issues.
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Contact

Waste and Resources Project
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
2108-11 Kamiyamaguchi, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0115 JAPAN
TEL: +81-46-855-3840 FAX: +81-46-855-3809
E-mail: wmr-info@iges.or.jp

Project members

Project leaflet
(PDF, 677KB)

Link

IGES's contribution to the 3R Initiative - Towards a Sound Material-Cycle Society

SAICM Regional Focal Point in Asia-Pacific

3R Knowledge Hub