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Organic waste presents a significant portion of MSW compositions in many cities. The proper treatment of organic waste is therefore an important concern, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Biological treatment methods are widely accepted as a technical option to get the full advantage of organic waste as a resource. The most popular...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) can be considered as a potential alternative source of energy and is a subject of very considerable interest in both developed and developing countries. In order to provide a guideline for introducing WtE from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Asian countries, investigations were carried out on the overall framework and factors...

1.Japan’s transition from a “Linear Economy” toward a “Sound Material-Cycle Society” 2. Reforming the sustainable lifestyle in local material loop - a case of Oki town in Japan 3. Forward

MSW, Biomass waste, marine and coastal plastic waste, EPR GHG emissions, and macro-level material flows are being developed to identify current conditions and future directions. "State of the 3Rs in AP" was made to improve waste management, improve resource efficiency, promote green and circular economies, mitigate climate change, and contribute to...

Aim to improve the decision-making process＆further promote 3R policies in AP, we framed related data and information of 11 countries and 1 region in a table together with "interpretation" by local experts to provide an overview of the definitions and classifications of waste and MSW＆MSW generation, as well as the national legislative waste...

In the course of implementing the Paris climate agreement and the 2030 sustainable development goals, policymakers, practitioners, and academics have increasingly acknowledged the urgency of addressing the issue of food waste, both globally and more especially in Asian countries. Various research is being carried out in high-income countries such...

Despite the region’s vulnerability to climate change, there is a serious lack of capacity in Asia for developing quality project proposals for climate change adaptation that can attract financing, which largely hinders implementation of Paris Agreement and the 2030 Development Agenda. Capacity building programmes are needed so that local...

In recent decades, economic development in Southeast Asian countries has made tremendous impacts on rural societies. People have tried to take advantage of the new opportunities brought about by such economic development, as well as the assets and capacities presented, to develop and diversify their livelihood options. Against this backdrop, this...

While Southeast Asia’s forests play important roles in biodiversity conservation and global carbon (C) balance, the region is also a deforestation hotspot. Here, we consider the five shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) to portray a range of plausible futures for the region’s forests, employing a state-of-the-art land change modelling procedure and...

The slides were presented in the stakeholder workshop, Japan-Europe Dialogue 2019, held at YCU (Yokohama City University) in April 2019. This presentation tries to identify the current policy status of plastics/marine litter issues in the ASEAN region as an initial finding of the commissioned research project.