Japan recently established an automobile recycling system featuring what it calls a groundbreaking scheme for collecting fees from consumers, but uncertainty remains over how the resulting mountain of ...

A pan-Asian recycling system that allows waste material to be transported easily across national borders should be developed, according to a plan being compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and ...

Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan—more from seniors than babies—but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease on life, one hot mess at a time. A pilot ...

A pilot project in Japan is reusing the main ingredient in nappies to make new ones – Copyright AFP Philip FONG Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned ...