Abstract
The ICT system of the advanced material recycling uses among others, the IC tag system, and is contained in the practical use stage. In South Korea, the resource recovery system using the IC tag system has been introduced for 400000 households. In China, large-scale material recycling using the bar code system has been advanced. In Japan, nation-wide structure for a material recycling system for construction waste, which uses IC tag, has been constructed a new and management costs are beginning to be reduced.
A city-oriented material recycling system has, however, many issues and there are also structural problems involved. This report provides an the outline of a material recycling system that is managed by a demand-side driven system of cooperation.
