Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan 2007 Page: 83
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developing technologies to make the properties and service lives of recycled plastics meet the requirements of the home appliance
products to which they will be applied. (Fig. 2-35)
Changes in the rates of recycling the four specified products in the Home Appliance Recycling Law into commercial goods
according to their materials are shown in Fig. 2-36. As shown there, the recycling of non-metal materials such as plastics and glass
has increased since the Law became effective.
Fig. 2-34 Flow of recycling home appliancesRear (funnel) glass
Grain-size sorter
Front (panel) glass
Dry cleaningTV set
Rear (funnel) glass
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Fig. 2-35 Case of closed recycling
Recycling the drum of a discarded washing machine to
a new washing machineRecovering and dismantling
discarded washing machine
Designing, producing, and selling
\Fig. 2-36 Change in volume for four specified
materials recycled for reuse as a product40(
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2004 2005 (FY)
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metals and iron
Source: Environmental Council Planning Committee on Sound Material
Cycle SocietyMolding into a drum Extruding process and
preparation into pellets
Source: Sharp Corporation83
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Air conditioner
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component)
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