Koji Yamaguchi

General Manager, Environmental Management Div., NEC Corp.
(Shiba 5-7-1 Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-01 Japan)

Abstract

Environmental preservation activities in the future will require some substance and actions which are totally different from those of the past.

With regards to administration, the waste disposal law will be revised and the recycling law will be widely applied to the actual situation of the wastes. In the industrial world, as seen through the "Environmental Appeal" that Keidanren announced last July, they have already taken one step forward by creating a cycling society. This "Environmental Appeal" is appealing in that it asks each company to consider wastes as resources and by-products, and to establish an efficient resource use program. From the international perspective, the international standard organization, which has been issuing technical standards, has also started setting international standards regarding the environment. It has also issued an environmental management system and the environmental audit standards to check its system. At NEC we have established a company-wide target on wastes through zero-waste activities which have been carried out for 11years and with which we have been achieving greater success every year. In such ways, waste reduction and recycling issues are a focal point and one of the easiest themes to promote in company-wide activities.

Key words: the revision of the waste disposal law, collecting and recycling of waste products, Keidanren Appeal, zero-waste activities, environmental management system