E-Waste

Global sales of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) have been rising significantly over the last few years. The rapid uptake of information technology around the world, coupled with frequent design and technology updates in the EEE manufacturing sector is causing the early obsolescence of many of these EEEs, resulting in a rise in electrical...

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...

　資源循環に関連して、バーゼル条約を中心とした国際的な政策議論は、不法な越境移動の規制・監督的な視点に偏りがちである一方で、経済的な要因・市場原理に主導された国際資源循環の拡大という現実を見れば、適正なリサイクル業者に循環資源を流れやすくするメカニズムの構築を検討する必要がある。 　そこで、IGESでは、信頼できる適正リサイクル関連業者を同定、認定しネットワーク化を図るため、国際的に調和のとれた基準の導入可能性を検討することを目的に２年間の共同研究を実施しているところである。

Despite the increasing popularity of EPR-based legislation for electronic waste (e-waste) management in developing Asia, there are several challenges to moving from paper to practice. Part of the issue is that many developing countries are trying to apply the EPR model that was developed for and by industrialised countries. In the phase-in approach...