Paced with the difficulty of siting the new landfill facilities, the Japanese government seeks to create the closed-loo economy through ensuring the effective use of resources and environmental protection. The Law for Promotion of Effective Use fo Resources (Revision of a part of the Law for Promotion of Utilization of Recyclable Resources) was enacted in order to promote 3 R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) in June 2000. Based on this law, the Cabinet Order and the Ministerial Ordinances were enacted in March 2001. They designate what products and businesses this law applies to and what standards the producers and/or importers of the designated products have to comply with. This new regultion came into force on the 1 st of April 2001.
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