Abstract
The growing solid waste from industrial sectors is a structural problem of modern society, which has been supported by the system of mass production, mass consumption and mass disposal. The input-output model is a useful tool to examine the situation of structural environmental problems and to draw up measures to cope with them. The study employs a regional input-output model to analyze the relationship between the economic structure and the solid waste from industrial sectors in Japanese regions for years 1990 and 1995. The findings have revealed that the determinant factors on the emissions varied among different kinds of industrial wastes. They imply that measures on the reduction of industrial wastes should consider the determinant factors of each industrial waste; such as the regional industrial structure, the regional demand structure and the interregional trade.
