Abstract
Nagoya and Sapporo are ordinance-designated cities. This paper presents a case study on the two Japanese cities that adopted the Biomass Town Plan in 2008. The recycling target for both cities was primarily based on food waste. This paper evaluates the plan set out by each city in order to fuel suggestions for food waste recycling policies at the municipal level, especially in major urban cities.
Composting plants and eco-feed plants were built in the two cities using a grant given by the Biomass Town Plan. Food waste from places such as supermarkets, restaurants and hotels began to be recycled under the program. Recycling of domestic food waste, however, was given up by both cities.
A questionnaire that circulated among citizens regarding this program made clear the following results : 75 % of citizens agreed to recycling of food waste ; 80 % of citizens voiced that they would separate their household food waste ; and only 4 % of the citizens surveyed knew the two cities had taken up the Biomass Town Plan.
Even if the local government does not partner up with stakeholders in order to implement the food waste recycling policy, the established recycling loop businesses will continue to do so.
