Abstract
Recently, the areas of food manufacturing and commerce have seen a positive increase in recycling due to the fact that the Food Recycling Law has been adopted as an opportunity. On the other hand, recycling of household garbage has not advanced because this recycling must be applied outside of the law.
This study comprehensively analyzes the struggles undertaken by the Rainbow Plan of Nagai City in Japan's Yamagata Prefecture, which has set a national precedent in formulating future directivity for the recycling of household wastes. The Rainbow Plan's recycling system firstly clarified the formation factor through its material flow analysis. The effects of constructing a recycling system were then evaluated from the environmental, economic, and social viewpoint. Finally, future directivity for a total recycling system of common household garbage was examined.
