EEE Legislation in Japan
• Enforcement: April 2001,
    with revised waste management law
• Driving forces:
– Increase of waste and scarcity of final disposal site
– Necessity of increasing resource efficiency
– Packaging Recycling Law and development of
legislation abroad
• Scope: four large home appliances (TV sets,
refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners) for the
first phase
• Next target: PC under different regulation