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Achievement of Food Waste Recycling Law in Japan With Reference to SDG12.3
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: Received: 3 December 2023 / Approved: 4 December 2023 / Online: 4 December 2023 (07:53:53 CET)
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Okayama, T.; Watanabe, K. Performance of the Food Waste Recycling Law in Japan with Reference to SDG 12.3. Recycling 2024, 9, 18. Okayama, T.; Watanabe, K. Performance of the Food Waste Recycling Law in Japan with Reference to SDG 12.3. Recycling 2024, 9, 18.
Abstract
SDG target 12.3 calls for halving food waste at retail, food service, and household by 2030. The food waste index for this purpose includes parts attached to food that are usually removed intentionally ("unavoidable food waste") and allows counting the conversion to animal feed and utilisation as biomaterial as means of reduction. In Japan, the "Food Waste Recycling Law" which has been in effect since 2001, promotes the recycling of food waste generated from businesses, designating feed conversion as top priority. On the other hand, based on the more recent "Food Loss Reduction Promotion Act" of 2019, the government is currently promoting the reduction of avoidable food waste, as to meet the SDG target. Based on statistical sources and interviews with Ministry officers, this paper explains the history and achievements of Japan's 23-year policy based on the Food Recycling Law, as well as the tension between the two legislations.
Keywords
SDG12.3; food waste; food waste recycling law; recycling as feed; food waste reduction promotion act; Japan
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Waste Management and Disposal
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