Research on globalization of waste recycling and its impacts

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770297
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: NAMIE Akihiko 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 助教 (40573647)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 廃棄物 / リサイクル / 国際資源循環

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Considering the globalization of waste recycling since the 2000s, this research focused on actors involved in international trade of recyclable waste and recycling of waste, and aimed to pursue globalization of waste recycling and its impact. However, I changed the research plan on the way and focused on the change and problems of waste recycling in Japan under the circumstance of globalization of waste recycling. As a result, this research obtained some results on three points: (1) characteristics of community-based activities of collecting recyclable waste, (2) the trend of Japanese garbage reduction in the 2000s and later, (3) characteristics and issues of management and recycling of municipal solid waste in isolated island areas.

Free Research Field

人文地理学