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is based on the Japanese ''Container and Packaging Recycling Law''. Plastic, paper, PET bottles, aluminium and glass are collected and recycled. Japan’s country profile in Waste Atlas shows that in 2012 Recycling Rate was 20.8%.〔(Waste Atlas )(2012). Country Data: JAPAN〕 Other sources have a higher rate of recycling for Japan, such as Appropedia putting it at 50%. 〔()〕 == Container and Packaging Recycling Law == Also called ''Law for the Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging'', has been enforced since April 1997 by the Ministry of the Environment to reduce the waste of glass containers, PET bottles and paper cartons. Since April 2000 plastic containers and packages other than PET bottles have been included. According to the law, the recycling is conducted by the , a government-designated organization established September 25, 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JCPRA Profile ) 〕 * The consumers are required to follow sorting guidelines established by the municipalities. * The sorted waste is then collected by the municipalities and stored for collecting by the recycling company. * Manufactures and business entities using containers and packages have to pay a ''recycling fee'' to the JCPRA, in accordance with the volume they manufacture or sell. * Each year recycling business entities are selected by a public bidding in every local municipality where a waste storage site is located. They are assigned to collect and transport the waste from the storage sites to recycling facilities. To make sure the waste is getting recycled, these recycling business entities receive payment only after showing a delivery report, signed by the recipient of the recycled products. Recycling of steel cans is not regulated by the law, but in 2006 about 99% of the municipalities collected and recycled them. In 1973 the , a non-profit organization to promote the recycling of steel cans, had been established. According to its statistics 88.1% of steel cans have been recycled in 2006, maintaining the world's highest level.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Recycling in Japan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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