Learn in the textbookCorporate Governance and Administrative / Environmental Laws
DefinitionRecycling acts (リサイクル法) is a collective name for several laws, each set for a particular item category, that have used products and containers collected and reused as resources.
ExplanationThe underlying Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society sets the order of priority: first reduce waste, then reuse things, then recycle them as resources. On that basis, separate laws for items such as home appliances, PCs, and containers and packaging decide who collects them and who bears the cost.