Environmental and Economic Analisys of Japan-China Rcyclables Trades and Eecycle Industries

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24710047
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
Research Institution	The University of Shiga Prefecture
Principal Investigator	HAYASHI Tadashi 滋賀県立大学, 環境科学部, 准教授 (20347248)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	再生資源貿易 / リサイクル / 中国 / 貿易 / 国際情報交換
Outline of Final Research Achievements	While recyclables trade is economically efficient in terms of international specialization, it intensify environmental loads in developing countries. This study analyze the case of Japan-China recyclables trade and recycling. Since China has cost-advantage in producing recycled materials and Japan has technical-competitiveness in recycled products, vertical specialization in recycling process is economically efficient. However, recycled products using low-quality recycled materials are not often suitable for multicycle recycling. In order to promote the multi-cycle international specialization, it is necessary to support measures of recycling technology improvement in China.