Electronic Manifest System for Industrial
Waste in Japan
July 2023
Japan Industrial Waste Information CenterContents
The Manifest System for Industrial Waste Management◼
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Outline of The E-Manifest System for Industrial Waste Management
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The Aim of the Manifest System
History of the Manifest System

The Operation of each Manifest System
Entries to Issue a Manifest
User Fees of E-Manifest
Effects of E-Manifest System

Changes in the Past and Our Vision
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Transition of Number of Subscribers and Registrations
Transition of Number of Registrations and Electronization Rate
Breakdown of Subscribing Generators and Registrations by Industrial Sector
Administrative System for Local Government
Our Vision

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The Aim of the Manifest System
The manifest system aims to provide generators of industrial waste with further
understanding of the steps involved with commissioned waste processing collection,transportation, and disposal agents and to prevent illegal dumping as the proper disposal ofwaste.

Waste subject to the manifest system

Manifest system

E-manifest

Paper manifest

Waste

Municipal waste Industrial waste

Self disposal

Not subject

Not subject

Commissioneddisposal

Not subject

Subject

Disposal type

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History of the Manifest System
1990

Manifest system was started as trial.
The form was only paper type Manifest.

1993

The legal manifest system was started for only hazardous industrial waste.

1998

The legal manifest system was introduced for all kinds of industrial waste.
The Electronic Manifest (e-manifest)system was introduced.
- Generators have to use either paper manifest or e-manifest.
- Japan Industrial Waste Information Center (JW Center) was designated as
Information Processing Center (IPC) by the Minister of Environment to operate
the information system of e-manifest.

2001

The report of the final disposal confirmation was obligated using the manifest.

2005

The penal regulations corresponding to the manifest management were reinforced.

2010

The all generators have preservation duty of the paper manifest for 5 years.

2018

Penalties for misstatements are strengthened in manifests.

2020

Generators that discharge a large amount of specific industrial waste are obligatedusing e-manifests.

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The Operation of Each Manifest System
Paper manifest

Original (A) and six copies (B1, B2, C1, C2, Dand E)

E-Manifest
The generator, the transporter, and thedisposer (the intermediate or the finaldisposer) share manifest data via JWNET.

A

local
government

Annual results report

Waste generator

waste

manifest
B1-E

Waste generator

B2

manifest
C1-E

Disposer

waste

D,E

Transporter

waste

manifest
Input/check

C2

Transportertransport
finished

Annual results reportlocalgovernment

waste
process
finished
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Entries to Issue a Manifest

Entry fields written in red are mandatory.

Discharging date

Person responsible

Discharging place

Type of waste

Quantity

Form of container

Quantity determinerGenerator/ Transporter/ Disposer

Transporter

Disposer
Disposing plant

Place of final disposal
As described in the contract/ As described here

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5User Fees of E-ManifestGenerators(tax included)CCategoryA

B

Basic charge(per annum)

26,400 JPY

1,980 JPY

100 JPY

Service charge(per issue)

11 JPY

22 JPY(≧91 issues)

22JPY(≧6 issues)

special price for parties

Transporters and Disposers (tax included)
DisposerCategory

Transporter①②AB

Basic charge(per annum)

13,200 JPY

13,200 JPY

26,400 JPY

13,200 JPY

Service charge(per issue)――11 JPY

22 JPY(≧91 issues)

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Effects of E-Manifest System

To prevent improper treatment of waste like illegal dumping

To speed up in searching, retrieving and processing input dataTo reduce paper work burden and cost

To enhance CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Transportationintermediatetreatment

Final disposal

Overdue
期限切れ
間近
Close

A warning will be displayed when eachdeadline is close or has passed.

“●” means each report has already done.

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Transition of Number of Subscribers and Registrations
Fiscal Year

Totalsubscribers

Breakdown of subscribers
Generator

Transporter

Disposer

AnnualNumber ofe-Manifests
createdShare ofe-Manifests

2010

72,761

57,837

9,388

5,536

10,614,066

21%

2011

79,15562,443

10,673

6,039

12,882,074

25%

2012

89,01570,792

11,720

6,503

15,056,116

30%

2013

110,860

90,857

13,005

6,998

17,460,912

35%

2014

121,745

100,137

14,2107,398

19,293,458

39%

2015

141,441

118,069

15,543

7,829

21,247,609

42%

2016

173,500

148,492

16,826

8,182

23,748,382

47%

2017

192,253165,398

18,3098,546

26,648,875

53%

2018

220,010

191,583

19,581

8,846

28,964,671

58%

2019

240,099

209,923

21,0639,113

31,304,330

63%

2020

271,587

239,435

22,7389,414

32,555,470

65%

2021

304,128

270,091

24,384

9,653

35,845,687

72%

2022

308,160

272,038

26,227

9,895

38,534,164

77%

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Transition of Number of Registrations and Electronization Rate
(Thousand)the number of e-manifest

electronization rate

45,00090%

40,00080%

35,00070%

30,00060%

25,00050%

20,00040%

15,00030%

10,00020%

5,00010%00%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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9Breakdown of Subscribing Generators and Registrations byIndustrial Sector(as of March 31,2023)
Waste generators

Registrations
Real estate/rental

Accomodations/foodand leasing

and beverage

Accomodations/food2%Service (not covered

Othersby other sectors)

Others

5%

7%

3%

4%

and beverage

6%Service (not covered

Manufacturingby other sectors)

7%

5%

Constructon

Medical care /welfare

7%

50%

Wholesail/retailing24%

Constructon

Manufacturing

40%

7%Manufacturing
13%

Wholesail/retailing
20%

Japan Industrial Waste Information Center10Administrative System for Local Government
Background of incorporation
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Prefectures and designated cities are entitled to request
the JW Center to provide manifest information based on
the Waste Management Law.
In order to simplify the procedures, prefectures anddesignated cities are entitled to use the administrativesystem to disclose the status of each manifest.
Some statistics can be downloaded.

Start of operation
September 2012

Waste generator

localgovernment

Transporter

Disposer

User feeFree
Main functions◼
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E-manifest inquiry
Inquiry of improper manifest data
Output of annual report
Output of various statistics
 Waste amount by industry classification and type of waste
 Amount of wide-area transportation among prefectures by industry classification and type ofwaste

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Our Vision
One of our next goal is to use the BIG data from e-manifest for recycling-based society.
As we have BI tool, we can gather statistics and visualize the moves of industrial waste.

We post that statistics and visualizing information on website to help national / local
governments to form recycling-based society.
We continue considering way to improve data accuracy and add more value on e-manifest
data.
Image(Area and amount of commissioned waste disposal
generated in Kanto region )Japan Industrial Waste Information Center12