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Chart for determining whether or not you are obligated to recycle.
Method for Determining Specified Business Entity Status* Please refer to the respective checkpoints below when you cannot answer the questions or are uncertain of your status.

1

2Is your company engaged in any of the following five types of business?

1Business entities which use
containers or wrapping in
manufacturing merchandise.

Manufacturers of foods,
soft drinks, liquors, soap,
paint, pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics, etc.

2

Container
manufacturers.

Manufacturers of glass
bottles, PET bottles,
paper boxes, bags,etc.

3

Retail or wholesale
businesses.

Those which use containers
or wrapping in selling
merchandise.

4

Importing businesses.

1) Importing containers
2) Importing merchandise placedin containers or wrapping.
3) Placing containers orwrapping intomerchandise after
importing5

Educational foundations,religious foundations,restaurants with take-out
service, etc.

YES

4

3

Among the merchandise andservices you are providing, arethere some that are ultimately
consumed at home?

YESTo which of the following twoclasses of business, A or B, does
the division with the biggest sales
in your company belong?
(A) Manufacturing and Other Related
Businesses *industries other thanthose listed in (B)Agricultural, forestry and fisheries businesses,
and manufacturing businesses, as well as
corporations, educational foundations andreligious foundations stipulated under Article
34 of the Civil Code.

(B) Trading and Service Businesses
Wholesalers, retailers, importers,
eating and drinking establishments,
service businesses, etc.
See Checkpoint
q if you cannotanswer.

NOYou have no obligation to recycle.

q

If your company has a division that handles containers or wrapping, pleaseproceed to Q2.

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There is a possibility, however, thatyou will be obligated to keep records.

● Glass and other containers containing pharmaceuticals shipped solely tohospitals and disposed of at the hospitals after their use.
● A case in which a business entity is selling “rice balls” (dried rice), forexample, to be used in overseas travel, 90% of which, according to theresults of its own survey, are generally consumed overseas (items disposedof overseas are not considered to be consumed at households).

Checkpointe<2> Regarding “Record Keeping Obligation”

Even when containers and wrapping are used, they are not consumed athome in the following cases. Even in these cases, though, there is still arecord keeping obligation. For information regarding keeping these records,
please see pages 14-15.

Even if you do not belong to the example given in <Q2>, if you answer YES
to <Q4>, you will be responsible for keeping records. It is important to keep
records in order to calculate accurately the amount of recycling obligationand to perform follow-up confirmation. Records must be closed each year
and retained for a period of five years after closing. For more detailed
information, please see pages 14-15.

8

See Checkpoint
e if you cannot
answer.

(A) Does your company have
21 or more employees or total
sales exceeding 240 millionyen?

(B) (B) Does your company have 6or more employees or total
sales exceeding 70 million
yen?

See Checkpoint
r if you cannot
answer.

NOBUT

Other cases which are still
subject to the law.

<1> Cases in which merchandise is not consumed at home.

● Plastic bags containing sauces made available at restaurants (because
they are consumed in the course of business activities at the restaurant, andnot considered to become household waste).
● Containers or wrapping placed solely for the purpose of shipping
merchandise (because they should be normally disposed of properly at theshop or place of business, as business waste which q are placed as part ofa delivery service, w are not provided to the customers as part of themerchandise, and e will not require the customer to bear waste disposalobligation).

NOBUT

Checkpoint q

Checkpoint

See Checkpoint
w if you cannotanswer.

(A)

If your company has two or more divisions with approximately equal sales,
please choose A or B based on an overall determination of which division islargest considering q sales, w number of employees, and e scale offacilities. If your company has a division which manufactures or sells
merchandise, you are engaged in that kind of business, even if the main
division is construction, transport, communications, real estate or the like.

Checkpointr<1> Calculating number of employees
Please consider the total number of employees at your company, not justthe number of employees in separate divisions. Specifically, employees are
considered as follows:
q For multiple branches, the total number of employees overall,w judged as the “number of persons normally employed.”
Here, the “number of persons normally employed” is decided in accordancewith the construction of the Labor Standards Law and Basic Law on Smalland Medium Businesses. In general, this does not include part-time or
temporary workers, but here “part-time or temporary workers” means“person not requiring advance notice of discharge,” as follows● Daily hired,(excluding, however, those who continued to be employed beyond a one-month period)● Persons employed for a term of two months or less,(excluding, however, those who continued to be employed beyond a two-month period)● Seasonal workers employed for a term of four months or less(excluding, however, those who continued to be employed beyond a four-month period)● Persons employed for a probation period(excluding, however, those who continued to be employed beyond a fourteen-day period)<2> Calculating total sales
Here, “total sales” means the sales that is commonly understood as such.
For this reason, you can use whatever your company itself uses in settling
its accounts. Also, as the purpose is to determine how much income yourcompany has earned overall and how much economic power it possesses,
please consider the sales of your company overall.
In counting sales by business category, the following procedures arenormally followed.
● Mining and manufacturing business: counting sales of merchandise,● Transport and service business: counting the value of the services
provided,● Wholesale and retail businesses: counting sales of merchandise,● Agriculture, forestry and fisheries businesses: counting sales ofmerchandise.

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Did you know? The Containers and Packaging Recycling Law

Method for Determining Specified Business Entity Status

Are the containers or wrappingused in any of the following?

Are the containers or wrapping
made of the following materials?
- Glass- PET- Plastic- Paper- Composite materials

7YES- For merchandise- For accessories to merchandise- In the process of retail sales

YESYES

8Regarding your company’s use or manufacturingof containers or wrapping, have any “contractrelationship for manufacture or use” been made?

When the containers or wrapping
are removed from the contents,
are they discarded?

YES

9In the above-mentioned “contract relationship,” haveany substantial decisions been made on the materials
or structure of the containers or wrapping?

NO

See Checkpoint
t if you cannot
answer.

NO

See Checkpoint
y if you cannot
answer.

See Checkpoint
u if you cannot
answer.

NO

See Checkpoint
i if you cannot
answer.

You have no obligation to recycle.

t<1> Meaning of glass, PET, plastic and paper materials
The “materials” of the containers and wrapping of <Q5> indicate thosedefined on page 6.

<2> Composite materials
Regarding containers and wrapping made of multiple materials which would
be hard to separate, please determine the type of containers or wrapping on
the basis of the material of the highest ratio by weight.
● Example of a composite material: trays formed from fillersheet (50% ormore calcium carbonate content) are considered to be calcium carbonate
containers, and thus non-plastic containers and wrapping, and are exempt
from the law.

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yThe use of containers and wrapping in <Q6> is for merchandise or its
accessories.
● Gifts and services (rental videos, dry cleaning) do not fall within thescope.
● Regarding samples (for trial use, etc.), if they are clearly distinguishable
from merchandise to be sold, then they are exempt from the law, but if they
are indistinguishable from merchandise being sold, then even if they arebeing called samples and distributed free of charge, they are subject to thelaw.
● For other examples, please see page 7 “Main Examples of Containers
and Wrapping.”

CheckpointNO

Other cases which are still subject tothe law.

uFor judging whether or not containers or wrapping will be discarded once
removed from the contents, please see page 7 “Main Examples ofContainers and Wrapping.”

Checkpoint

iEntities that are entrusted with the manufacture of containers or wrappingfrom entities that use the containers or wrapping will be considered
specified business entities, regardless of whether or to what degree they
have received manufacturing instructions or materials from the users.

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If any points remain unclear,please consult with us.
*Our contact information islisted on the back cover of thisbooklet.

* If you fail to fulfill yourobligations, you will be
subject to penalties.

oRegarding the obligations under the Containers and Packaging Recycling
Law, please see pages 4-5.

10YES

BUT

Checkpoint i

CheckpointNO

Specified Business Entity65See Checkpoint
i if you cannotanswer.

The obligations under theContainer and Packaging
Recycling Law apply to you.

* Please refer to the respective checkpoints below when you cannot answer the questions or are uncertain of your status.

(For details, please see page 14.)Checkpoint o11