Japan registered 77% plastic recycling rate in 2010. This is twice the rate of UK and 20% higher than the United States. The rate to which Japan recycles its plastic waste is a rise from its 73% rate in 2006 and the 39% figure in 1996, according to the nation's Plastic Waste Management Institute.
Since Japan implemented its disposal and treatment of plastic waste, the list of plastic items has included other items like boxes and cases, cups and containers, wrappings, plates and trays, tube-shaped containers, lids and caps.
It was in 1997 when Japan mandated businesses and households to separate plastic waste for the first time. Many laws on waste disposal have been passed since then.
(todayonline.com)
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