Press Release

February 23, 2012
  • Waste & Recycling

Announcement on the certification system application for businesses detoxifying waste electrical machinery contaminated by a small amount of PCB

To promote the appropriate treatment of PCB waste, the MOE implemented a certification system for businesses detoxifying waste electrical machinery contaminated by a small amount of PCB using sophisticated technologies in compliance with Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law.
The Minister has announced today that an application has been submitted by Kobe Environmental Creation Co., Ltd. Their application documents will be open for public inspection for 1 month, from December 28, 2011 to January 27, 2012. Stakeholders interested in the relevant facilities may submit their comments to the Minister from the perspective of life environment conservation by February 10, 2012. All comments should be submitted in Japanese.
For further details, please visit https://www.env.go.jp/press/14863.html (Japanese).

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