Abstract
A set of studies on the evaluation of the policies for the society with sound material cycle were reviewed from the point of view of waste reduction. They were taken from the latest outcomes in the field of environmental economics and policy studies. The policies under review were those which make the waste flow narrow and those which make the flows other than waste flow wide. The former were waste management policies and the latter were recycling policies. The results showed that, as to waste management policy, policies for enlarge treatment capacity were still remained; as to waste tax, the ex-post evaluation of the tax was needed; as to recycling policy, management of international recycling was one of the key issue for successful policy.
