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Order for Enforcement of the Act on Promotion of Recycling of Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Cabinet Order No. 45).

Country/Territory
Japan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Pollution control Environmental planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Procedural matters Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Policy/planning
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Cabinet Order enters into force on 1 April 2013.
Abstract

This Order enforces the Act on Promotion of Recycling of Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. The standards specified by Cabinet Order set forth in Article 13, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows: i) an approved business that generates small waste electrical and electronic equipment (meaning the small waste electrical and electronic equipment prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act that falls under the category of industrial waste prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Waste Management and Public Cleaning Act No. 137 of 1970; ii) an entrustment contract has been concluded containing the terms regarding the following matters: a) the quantity of small waste electrical and electronic equipment for which the acts are to be entrusted; b) when entrusting the transportation of small waste electrical and electronic equipment, the location of the final destination; c) when entrusting the disposal of small waste electrical and electronic equipment, the location of the place where the disposal is carried out, disposal method, and capacity of the disposal facilities; etc.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Act on Promotion of Recycling of Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (No. 57).

Legislation | Japan | 2012

Keyword: Pollution control, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Procedural matters, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX