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Remarks: This document was commissioned by the participants of the First ASEAN Forum on SCP on 25-26 April 2011 under the chairmanship of Indonesia as the 2011 Chair of ASEAN. It was coordinated by UNEP and developed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan. The paper was made possible with the financial support of the EU through...

In this policy report the authors have compiled and analysed the most recent data on waste generation and the national policies related with waste management and climate change in ten countries in Asia. The study found that many countries in the region are now paying more attention to solid waste management from the perspective of climate change...

Remarks: Background Paper for the 10th Asica Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumptionand Production

In the last two decades policies based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) have been implemented for a wide range of products, especially in industrialised economies. Now, an increasing number of Asian economies similarly find themselves facing increasing amounts of difficult-to-treat waste and associated health, social and environmental...

ここ20年ほどで、先進国を中心に様々な製品を対象にしたEPR政策が実施されてきた。そして近年、アジア発展途上国では、経済発展に伴い、処理困難な廃棄物の急増とそれに伴う健康・社会・環境リスクの増大、さらに資源需要の急増といった課題に直面する場面が増えてきた。そうした国の多くで、E-wasteの管理を目的として、EPRの法制度化が推進または検討されている。 アジア発展途上国政府は、EPR政策の計画・実施面での課題を考慮に入れた上で、その効果的な導入に向けて、どのようなアプローチを取ればよいのだろうか？本ポリシー・ブリーフでは、まずアジア発展途上国の現状と課題を検証し、その後E-waste管理の段階的導入アプローチを提案する。 Remarks: English version: http:/...

After the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear incident in North East Japan in March 2011, there is increasing discussion of reconstructing the damaged areas in an environmentally sustainable manner in Japan. The politicians are beginning to argue that this is an opportunity to reconstruct Japanese society in a more sustainable manner. This...

In this policy report the authors have compiled and analysed the most recent data on waste generation and the national policies related with waste management and climate change in ten countries in Asia. The study found that many countries in the region are now paying more attention to solid waste management from the perspective of climate change...

The amount of e-waste is growing rapidly in developing countries, and the health and environmental problems resulting from poor management of this waste have become a concern for policy makers. In response to these challenges, a number of Asian developing countries have been inspired by policy developments in OECD countries, and have drafted...