Online Articles

This section introduces selected articles from the Material Cycles Division’s online magazine.

Waste management in Japan

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Japan’s Municipal Solid Waste Survey Dataー(1) Review of Total MSW Discharge Amount Through NIES’s Data Viewing System Takatsune KAWAHATA 2022/01 2023/02
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Contained in Construction and Demolition Waste Wood Takashi YAMAMOTO 2020/10 2023/03
Toward Safer Operation of Temporary Ash Treatment Plants Hidetoshi KURAMOCHI 2020/07 2023/02
Rethinking the Sound Material-Cycle Society during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Importance of Waste Management from Public Health Perspective Atsushi TERAZONO 2020/04 2021/07
In the Coming Aging Society, How to Manage Waste Collection Points? Kaoru SUZUKI 2020/01 2021/12
Investigation of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Automobile Shredder Residues Hidenori MATSUKAMI 2019/09 2022/11
Prospects of Japan’s Waste Management and Material Cycles in the Reiwa Era (1): Looking Back on the Showa Era and Heisei Era Tomohiro TASAKI 2019/06 2021/10
Circular System for Farmland Recovery Combining Multipurpose Crop Cultivation with Biogas Production Takuro KOBAYASHI 2019/05 2022/05
Microbial Methylation of Mercury: Toward Safe Management of Mercury Waste in Final Disposal Sites in Japan Yuka OGATA 2018/08 2023/04
Do Flame Retardants Directly Migrate to Indoor Dust? Natsuko KAJIWARA 2016/10 2022/06
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Leaching Test: Roles and Future Development Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2015/06 2021/06
Smoke of Open Burning Hidenori MATSUKAMI 2015/01 2019/11
Development of Low-Carbon, Energy-Saving Technology for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Kaiqin XU 2014/07 2020/09
Waste-to-Methane Fermentation Unit Made from Polyethylene Tube Takuro KOBAYASHI 2014/07 2021/01
Waste Landfill Leachate: Comparison between Japan and Southeast Asia Yuka OGATA 2014/03 2020/07
Different Types of Fly Ash: Waste Incineration Ash and Coal Ash Kazuo YAMADA 2013/12 2020/02
Energy-Saving Wastewater Treatment with Anaerobic Technology Takuro KOBAYASHI 2013/05 2020/04
Initiatives for Improving Accuracy in the Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Yoshitaka EBIE 2013/02 2020/06
Overseas Expansion of Japan's Johkasou
(Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System)
Yoshitaka EBIE 2012/01 2019/11
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Circular economy in Japan

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Japan’s Municipal Solid Waste Survey Dataー(1) Review of Total MSW Discharge Amount Through NIES’s Data Viewing System Takatsune KAWAHATA 2022/01 2023/02
Recycling of Printed Circuit Boards in E-waste: Resource Recovery and Proper Treatment of Brominated Dioxin-like Compounds Go SUZUKI 2020/05 2022/03
Rethinking the Sound Material-Cycle Society during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic: Importance of Waste Management from Public Health Perspective Atsushi TERAZONO 2020/04 2021/07
In the Coming Aging Society, How to Manage Waste Collection Points? Kaoru SUZUKI 2020/01 2021/12
Prospects of Japan’s Waste Management and Material Cycles in the Reiwa Era (1): Looking Back on the Showa Era and Heisei Era Tomohiro TASAKI 2019/06 2021/10
Potential of Precious and Hazardous Metal Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2019/03 2022/10
Contribution to the Formulation of Japan’s Resource Circulation Strategy for Plastics Masahiro OSAKO 2018/11 2021/08
New Regulations on Zappin (Mixed Metal or Miscellaneous) Scrap Atsushi TERAZONO 2017/12 2023/05
Per Capita Municipal Solid Waste Generation Kosuke KAWAI 2017/11 2022/01
Solid Recovered Fuels for Paper Mills in Japan and Overseas and Their Quality Kosuke KAWAI 2017/03 2023/01
Collection and Recycling of Batteries in Small Home Appliances in Japan Atsushi TERAZONO 2016/03 2022/09
Recycling Small Home Appliances and Metals in Japan Atsushi TERAZONO 2013/07 2020/05
Strategic and Phased Implementation of 3R/Circular Economy Initiatives and Effort Indicators Tomohiro TASAKI 2013/06 2020/08
Environmental Safety Quality of Recycled Materials Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2013/04 2020/03
Importance of Field Surveys in Analyzing Regional Recycling Effects Rokuta INABA 2012/10 2020/02
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Waste management in Asia

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Per Capita Municipal Solid Waste Generation Kosuke KAWAI 2017/11 2022/01
Solid Recovered Fuels for Paper Mills in Japan and Overseas and Their Quality Kosuke KAWAI 2017/03 2023/01
Do People in Hanoi, Vietnam Recycle at Home? Hide-Fumi YOKOO 2015/11 2020/10
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Disaster-Resilient Waste Management Ryo TAJIMA 2015/07 2021/04
Leaching Test: Roles and Future Development Hirofumi SAKANAKURA 2015/06 2021/06
E-waste Recycling and Movement of Hazardous Chemical Substances Go SUZUKI 2015/01 2020/11
Evaluation of Constructed Wetlands at a Waste Landfill Site in Thailand Yuka OGATA 2014/10 2021/02
Development of Low-Carbon, Energy-Saving Technology for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Kaiqin XU 2014/07 2020/09
Waste-to-Methane Fermentation Unit Made from Polyethylene Tube Takuro KOBAYASHI 2014/07 2021/01
Application of Constructed Wetland Technology to Landfill Leachate Treatment in Southeast Asia Yoshitaka EBIE 2014/03 2020/12
Waste Landfill Leachate: Comparison between Japan and Southeast Asia Yuka OGATA 2014/03 2020/07
Waste Stream in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Koji OTSUKA 2013/12 2020/03
Initiatives for Improving Accuracy in the Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Yoshitaka EBIE 2013/02 2020/06
Waste Issues and World Heritage Sites Rieko KUBOTA 2012/07 2020/01
Household Biogas Production System in Rural Asia - A Case Study in China Kaiqin XU 2012/05 2019/12
Overseas Expansion of Japan's Johkasou
(Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System)
Yoshitaka EBIE 2012/01 2019/11
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Disaster waste management

Title Author(s) Issue Date English Version Release Date
(Year/Month)
Toward Safer Operation of Temporary Ash Treatment Plants Hidetoshi KURAMOCHI 2020/07 2023/02
Disaster Waste Removal and Volunteers Junko MORISHIMA 2020/01 2022/02
Who Bears the Cost of Disaster Waste Management? Ryo TAJIMA 2019/07 2022/12
Circular System for Farmland Recovery Combining Multipurpose Crop Cultivation with Biogas Production Takuro KOBAYASHI 2019/05 2022/05
Supporting “Pre-Disaster” Human Resource Development for Municipal Disaster Waste Management through D.Waste-Net Takatsune KAWAHATA 2017/09 2021/11
Measurement of Radiostrontium in Incineration Ash Takashi YAMAMOTO 2017/01 2022/08
Practical Ideas to Facilitate Sorting of Disaster Waste at Temporary Storage Sites Takatsune KAWAHATA 2016/07 2021/09
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System Yoshitaka EBIE 2015/08 2021/03
Disaster-Resilient Waste Management Ryo TAJIMA 2015/07 2021/04
How to Develop a Disaster Waste Management Plan to Enhance Preparedness Ryo TAJIMA 2014/04 2020/01
Disaster Waste Carried into Temporary Storage Sites Kazuto ENDO 2012/01 2020/08
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