When China banned the import of used plastics in late 2017, the move threw recycling programs worldwide into turmoil. China was the world’s top importer of plastic waste. Cities worldwide had fallen ...

This is especially true, she adds, given that Japan imports Japan imports 63% of its food from abroad. In addition to the wasted money and resources food loss represents, it also contributes to ...

After the defeat of Germany and Japan in World War II, many of their industrial plants and infrastructure were demolished. This gave the two nations a serious devotion to rebuilding their capacities.

A worker at a recycling facility in northern Japan made a rich discovery. The worker was sorting trash in Sapporo, a prefecture of Hokkaido, when he found wads of cash worth 10 million yen, or ...

Sweden's Studsvik and Kobe Steel of Japan have agreed to extend their existing cooperation by forming a joint venture to provide radioactive waste management solutions to the Japanese nuclear industry ...

ABU DHABI, 28th August 2014 (WAM) --- The Center of Waste Management - Abu Dhabi, Tadweer, and Japan International Cooperation Agency, (JICA) are set to discuss ways of promoting greater collaboration ...

Japan's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation has begun the initial stage of assessing two municipalities in Hokkaido Prefecture for their suitability to host a final disposal facility for high-level ...

Fumio Kaneko, cofounder and president of waste management company Daiei Kankyo. Last December, the company raised $315 million from an IPO in Tokyo Stock Exchange. One of Japan’s largest IPOs in 2022 ...

The Environment Ministry plans to compile by March an action plan aimed at reducing large amounts of clothing waste from households. The action plan is expected to include measures to be taken by ...