Mr.

Yoshiaki TOTOKI

Informal recycling of electronics in the developing world has emerged as a new global environmental concern. The primary approach to address this problem has been command-and-control policies that ban informal recycling and international trade in electronic scrap. These bans are difficult to enforce and also have negative effects by reducing reuse...

福島県や県内市町村の除染・放射線対策担当者や福島県内で被災者支援などに活動するNPOなどを招いて「第1回FAIRDO車座会議」を福島大学で開催しました。会議では、被災地の除染や復興、避難生活などに関わるコミュニケーションを改善し、国、県、市町村と地域住民との協力を促進する可能性が話し合われました。また、欧州からも放射線防護や原子力災害に関する専門家が参加し、国内の参加者との間で、行政・専門家・市民のコミュニケーションについての経験や考え方を共有しました。

Stakeholder involvement activities include regional dialogues on general issues, consensus-building on siting of potential facilities for radioactive wastes, and consensus-building on decontamination of each house. While those activities are still insufficient, some municipality officials realize the importance of the participatory process, and...

A participatory pilot project is implemented based on the result of group’s discussion and brainstorming at the training workshop that carried out in Phitsanulok Municipality, Thailand. After returning to Battambang, Cambodia, a working group was formulated by the trainees in August 2012. Members of the working group include representatives from...

As resource demand grows in line with the rapid economic growth of developing countries in Asia in recent years, so too has the transboundary movement of recyclables in Asia. At the same time, Japanese government is trying to promote recycling and waste management business development in developing Asia. In response to the challenges faced by...