Material Cycles and Waste Management Research

Journal of the JSMCWM

Annual Japanese Journal (in Japanese with English abstract)
- Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts
  1990(Vol.1, No.1) ~ 2008 (Vol.19, No.6)
- Journal of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
  2009(Vol.20, No.1) ~ The Latest Issue

Bimonthly Japanese Membership Journal (in Japanese with English abstract)
- Waste Management Research
  1990(Vol.1, No.1) ~ 2008 (Vol.19, No.6)
- Material Cycles and Waste Management Research
  2009(Vol.20, No.1) ~ The Latest Issue

◆Vol. 36 No. 5　September, 2025

Condolences

Preface

Human Resource Development in the Material Cycles and Waste Management……Shogo Sakita　369

Special Issues: Reuse and Sharing toward the Circular Economy

Prospects for Reuse: Moving toward a Circular Economy……Tomohiro Tasaki　371
Sharing, Reuse, and the Circular Economy……Satoshi Amanuma, Takahiro Kato and Saori Terashige　379
Reuse and the Law: Focusing on Correlations with Reuse Businesses……Ichiro Tezuka　387
Consumer Reuse Choices in Japan and Policy Targets in European Countries……Hajime Yamakawa　395
Business Models and Strategic Entry into the Reuse Market by Manufacturers, Retailers, and Waste-related Industries……Syuhei Sato　404
Overseas Reuse Promotion Policies and Reuse Businesses……Kazunori Kitagawa　412
Local Government Initiatives toward Reuse: Case Study on Zama City……Koji Nakagawa, Motoi Saito, Hiroshi Kitazawa and Shinji Yamaguchi　420
Reuse of Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles: Current Status and Future Prospects……Kazuhiro Fukuyo　426

Conference Report

Report on the 6th Symposium of the International Waste Working Group-Asian Regional Branch （IWWG-ARB 2025）……Kohei Watanabe and Kosuke Kawai　433
Report on the 11th 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management （3RINCs 2025）……Shogo Kumagai, Osamu Hirata and Kosuke Kawai　435

Activity Reports from the Regional Chapters