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Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society.

Country/Territory
Japan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Pollution control Procedural matters Local government Business/industry/corporations Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Environmental planning Environmental standards Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The purpose of the present Act is to promote comprehensively and systematically the policies for the establishment of a “Sound Material-Cycle Society” and thereby help ensure healthy and cultured living for both the present and future generations of the nation, through articulating the basic principles on the establishment of such a society, in conformity with the basic philosophy of the Environment Basic Act (Act No. 91 of 1993), clarifying the responsibilities of the State, local governments, business operators and citizens, and articulating fundamental matters for making policies for the formation of a sound material-cycle society. For the purpose of this Act, a "Sound Material-Cycle Society" means a society in which the consumption of natural resources will be reduced and also the environmental load will be reduced to the greatest extent possible, by preventing or reducing the generation of wastes from products, by promoting proper cyclical use of products, when these products, have become circulative resources, and by ensuring proper disposal of waste. The text consists of 32 articles divided into 3 chapters as follows: General provisions (I); The fundamental plan for establishing a sound material-cycle society (II); The basic policies for establishing a sound material-cycle society (III).

Full text
English
Website
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