Abstract
In order to clarify what types of measures for reducing solid waste are adopted by manufacturing firms in Shiga Prefecture, how the characteristics of firms influence the types of the measures adopted, and what those adopted measures accomplished, we conducted a survey with 234 firms. The sizes and industrial sectors of the firms appear to influence what measures are adopted. About a half of the firms evaluate such measures as satisfactory. About twenty percent of the firms are found to enjoy the reduction in production costs thanks to the measures related to waste reduction. Measures leading to such cost reduction were examined.
