Eco Town Program, which was inaugurated in 1997, places "Zero Emission" concept (a concept to shift all the wastes generated from a specific industry to utilize them as material for other industry, aiming at suppressing waste generation at zero) as a basis for establishing an environmentally harmonizing socio-economy in local community. Also, the Program aims at promoting advanced and environmentally harmonizing town by being integrated into a major pillar of measures to realize local revitalization.
To be more specific, if a program developed by governments of prefecture or ordinance designated cities (in case of cities, towns and villages, including business unions, needs to be under the joint signature of prefectural government) gains approval jointly provided by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Export, Trade and Industry, comprehensive and multifaceted support will be provided by the ministries to the project implemented under the program.
Approved Eco Town Programs (As of Jan. 2006)
| 1. |
Kitakyushu City (10 July 1997) |
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Recycling facility for PET bottles (METI) |
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Recycling facility for home electric appliances (METI) |
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Recycling facility for office automation equipments (METI) |
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Recycling facility for automobiles (METI) |
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Recycling facility for fluorescent tubes (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility for construction material from waste timber and plastic (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility of anti-foaming agent used in iron making (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste tires and rubbers (METI) |
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Recycling facility for PET bottles (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste plastic - to pellet and products (METI) |
| 3. |
Iida City, Nagano (10 July 1997) |
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Recycling facility for PET bottles (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste paper (METI) |
| 4. |
Kawasaki City (10 July 1997) |
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Recycling facility using waste plastic as reducing agent for iron ore (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste paper (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility for concrete frame panel from waste plastic (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility for ammonia material from waste plastic (METI) |
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Recycling facility to make PET bottles (METI) |
| 5. |
Omuta City, Fukuoka (3 July 1998) |
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Power generation facility using refuse-derived fuel (RDF)(METI-RE, MOE-WTF) |
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Recycling facility for waste paper diapers (METI) |
| 6. |
Sapporo City (10 Sept. 1998) |
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Recycling facility for PET bottles (flakes, sheets) (METI) |
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Oil producing facility from waste plastic (METI) |
| 7. |
Chiba City, Chiba (25 Jan. 1999) |
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Eco-friendly cement manufacturing facility (METI) |
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Direct fusion facility(MOE-WTF) |
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Methane fermenting gasifying facility (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste timber and waste plastic (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste high purity metals and plastic (METI) |
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Recycling facility for seashell (METI) |
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Recycling facility for polyvinyl chloride resin (MOE) |
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Manufacturing facility for material from waste interior material (MOE) |
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Recycling facility for home electric appliances (METI) |
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Collection facility of non-ferrous metals (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility of new construction materials from waste plastic (METI) |
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Recycling facility for waste plastic and coal ash (METI) |
| 9. |
Uguisuzawa Town, Miyagi (12 Nov. 1999) |
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Recycling facility for home electric appliances (METI) |
| 10. |
Hokkaido (30 June 2000) |
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Recycling facility for home electric appliances (METI) |
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Recycling facility for paper packages and containers (METI) |
| 11. |
Hiroshima (13 Dec. 2000) |
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Power generation facility with RDF and ash melting facility (METI-RE, MOE-WTF) |
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Recycling facility for polyester blended fabric (METI) |
| 12. |
Kochi City, Kochi (13 Dec. 2000) |
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Recycling facility for polystyrene foam (METI) |
| 13. |
Minamata City, Kumamoto (6 Feb. 2001) |
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Recycling facility for glass bottles (METI) |
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Recycling facility to reprocess waste plastic into combined recycled resin (METI) |
| 14. |
Yamaguchi (29 May 2001) |
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Facility to convert incineration ash into cement raw material (METI) |
| 15. |
Naoshima Town, Kagawa (28 March 2002) |
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Recycling facility for fusion fly ash (METI) |
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Recycling facility for valuable metals (METI-RE) |
| 16. |
Toyama City, Toyama (17 May, 2002) |
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Hybrid type waste plastic recycling facility (METI) |
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Recycling facility for wood based waste (MOE) |
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Recycling facility for waste synthetic rubbers (METI) |
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Recycling facility for difficult processing fiber and mixed waste plastic (METI) |
| 17. |
Aomori (25 Dec. 2002) |
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Recycling facility for incineration ash and scallop seashell (METI) |
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Recycling facility for fusion fly ash (METI) |
| 18. |
Hyogo (25 April 2003) |
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Recycling facility for gasifying waste tires (MOE) |
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Advanced recycling facility for sorting mixed construction wastes (MOE) |
| 20. |
Okayama (29 March 2004) |
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Carbonization facility for waste wood (METI) |
| 21. |
Kamaishi City, Iwate (13 Aug. 2004) |
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Recycling facility for fish processing waste (METI) |
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Recycling facility for nickel (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility of mat from waste wood fiber - low environmental load and highly value-added (METI) |
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Manufacturing facility for material from raw materials of rubber (METI) |
| 23. |
Suzuka City, Mie (29 Oct. 2004) |
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Composting facility for paint sludge (METI) |
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Recycling facility using sub-critical water reaction for chemical waste (MOE) |
| 25. |
Yokkaichi, Mie (16 Sept. 2005) |
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Advanced utilization and recycling facility for waste plastic (METI) |
| Notes: |
1. |
Date in parentheses indicate the date on which the program was approved. |
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2. |
Abbreviations in parentheses after the names of the facilities indicate kinds of subsidy and the ministries concerned. |
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METI: |
Subsidy to Eco Town by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
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MET-RE: |
Subsidy to Renewable Energy by METI |
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MOE: |
Subsidy to Eco Town by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) |
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MOE-WTF: |
Subsidy to Waste Treatment Facility by MOE |
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