Japan boosts appliance recycling
By Staff -- Purchasing, 4/9/1998 2:00:00 AM
The Japanese government has recommended a bill for Diet approval that would require manufacturers to recycle four major appliances--television sets, air conditioners, washing machines, and refrigerators--beginning in 2001. Sponsored by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the bill aims to increase the recycling rate for major appliances and to reduce Japan's volume of solid waste. Manufacturers would have to collect scrapped appliances and oversee recycling into components, raw materials, or fuel for electric-power stations. However, as the bill now stands, consumers who voluntarily take used appliances to retail stores or offices run by municipal governments would have to pay about $50 for transport costs to reclamation centers.
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