Table 2-12 Reduction targets concerning estimated emissions of dioxins by business sectors in Japan

(WHO-TEF used)

Business sectors	Reduction targets in FY 2010 (g-TEQ/year)	(Reference) Estimated emissions
FY 1997 (g-TEQ/year)	FY 2003 (g-TEQ/year)	FY 2008 (g-TEQ/year)
1. Waste treatment sector	164 ~ 189	7,205 ~ 7,658	219 ~ 244	132 ~ 137
(1) Municipal waste incinerator	51	5,000 [Water] 0.044	71 [Water] 0.004	42 [Water] 0.001
(2) Industrial waste incinerator	50	1,505 [Water] 5.3	75 [Water] 0.60	42 [Water] 0.6
(3) Small scale waste incinerator, etc.	63 ~ 88	700 ~ 1,153	73 ~ 98	48 ~ 53
2. Industrial sector	146	470 [Water] 6.3	149 [Water] 0.93	80 [Water] 0.5
(1) Electric furnace for steel-making	80.3	229	80.3	33
(2) Sintering facility for steel making	35.7	135	35.7	22.5
(3) Zinc-collection facility (Calciner, sintering furnace, blast furnace, smelting furnace, drying furnace)	5.5	47.4 [Water] 0.0036	5.5 [Water] 0.0066	3.1 [Water] 0.0006
(4) Aluminum alloy manufacturing facility (Calciner, smelting furnace, drying furnace)	14.3	31.0 [Water] 0.34	17.4 [Water] 0.029	11.3 [Water] 0.001
(5) Copper-collection facility	0.048	0.053	—	—
(6) Pulp manufacturing facility (bleaching process)	0.46	0.74 [Water] 0.74	0.46 [Water] 0.46	0.27 [Water] 0.27
(7) Other facilities	9.9	26.5	9.9	9.6
3. Others	4.4 ~ 7.7	4.8 ~ 7.4 [Water] 1.2	4.4 ~ 7.3 [Water] 0.56	3.6 ~ 6.3 [Water] 0.20
Total	315 ~ 343	7,680 ~ 8,135 [Water] 12.8	372 ~ 400 [Water] 2.1	215 ~ 223 [Water] 1.3

Note 1: As a toxicity equivalent factor, WHO-TEF (2006) was used for emissions in 2008 and WHO-TEF (1998) was used for those in other years. Note 2: The reduction targets represent annual dioxin emissions after measures to reduce dioxins in exhaust gas and effluent have been taken. Note 3: "3. Others" refers to crematoriums, cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust, terminal sewage treatment facilities, and final landfill sites for waste. Note 4: "Water" shown in the table refers to the discharge into water (included figure).

Note 5: The symbol “—” indicates there was no operation in the relevant year.

Source: Created by the Ministry of Environment, based on the Government Plan to Reduce Dioxin Levels Resulting from Business Activities in Japan (enacted in September 2000 and amended in June 2005) and Dioxins Emissions Inventory (November 2009)

As of December 2009, 171 nations and the EC were parties to the Basel Convention.) adopted to address the problems of environmental pollution, etc. resulting from the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes, Japan enacted the “Law for the Control of Export, Import and Others of Specified Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes” (Act No. 108 of 1992) (hereafter referred to as the “Basel Law”), and it has imposed the necessary regulations on export and import of wastes by revising the Waste Management and Public Cleaning Law. Table 2-13 shows enforcement of the regulations on export and import based on the Basel Law.

In recent years, against the backdrop of the globalization of economic activities and increase in demand for resources due to rapid economic growth in Asian countries, an international movement of recyclable resources aiming at recycling has been activated. Under such circumstances, because there is a fear of inappropriate export and import of wastes, etc., the Ministry of the Environment has been cooperating with the relevant domestic authorities and the government agencies of each country to take measures for preventing them (for information on cooperation with the government agencies of each country, refer to C in Section 5).

In Japan, the pre-application consultation services regarding export and import of hazardous wastes, etc. and on-site responses such as on-the-spot inspections have been carried out, information sessions about the Basel Law for exporters and importers have been held (11 places in fiscal 2009),

Table 2-13 Status of export and import based on the Basel Law (2009)

Weight (tons)	Partner countries	Items	Purpose of export and import
Export	84,878 (54,204)	South Korea, Belgium, USA, Germany, Singapore	Lead ash, lead scrap (lead-acid battery), solder waste, nickel sludge, etc.	Collection of metals
Import	4,075 (3,874)	Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, China, etc.	Copper sludge, silver sludge, zinc sludge, used fluorescent lamp, waste substrate, electronic component scrap, nickel-cadmium battery scrap, etc.	Collection of metals, etc.

The figure in parenthesis indicates the numerical value in 2008. Source: Ministry of the Environment

views have been exchanged with the Customs House and each country's information on import/export regulations has been put on the website. Following the last year, as one of "Reduction, Reuse and Recycling (3Rs) Promotion Month" activities, the Regional Environment Offices made efforts for enhanced monitoring of illegal hazardous waste import/export in conjunction with the Customs House. In addition, "Used Products Criteria for Exporting Used CRT-based Televisions" have been applied since September 1, 2009 so that used CRT-based televisions which are unfit for reuse are not exported or treated improperly.