Host: Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Name : The 31st Annual Conference of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Number : 31
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : September 16, 2020 - September 18, 2020
Plastic is one of the unscrupulous inventions of human history. On the one hand, properties of multi-purpose availability and cost-saving on producing gained plastic superiority over else materials; on the other hand, desire for consumption is being expanded on account of worldwide affluence. The failure to manage the daunting disposed plastic waste will be haunting everyone. Meantime, lightweight trending and automobile sharing business promote auto-plastic as well as vehicle manufacturing industries. It is rendered that circular dealings of these auto-plastic in end-of-life phase are crucial towards goals of sustainable development till 2030 in various ways. This study compares two chief ways (material recycling & recovery) prevailed in Japan’s recycling companies, in the aspects of environmental and financial benefit and drawback.