Table 2-2 Numerical targets in the 2nd Fundamental Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society In 2015 (effort indices)

Classification	Indicators	Targets
(1) Reducing wastes, etc.
a. Reducing municipal waste	(a) Daily waste generation per person $ ^{*1} $	Approx. 10% reduction from the FY 2000 level
(b) Daily domestic waste generation per person	Approx. 20% reduction from the FY 2000 level
(c) Total volume of business waste	Approx. 20% reduction from the FY 2000 level
b. Reducing industrial waste	Final disposal volume of industrial waste	Approx. 60% reduction from the FY 2000 level (Approx. 80% reduction from the FY 1990 level)
(2) Changes in awareness of and attitude toward a sound material-cycle society
a. Have an awareness of waste reduction, cyclical use, and green purchasing	Approx. 90% (as the target result of questionnaire survey)
b. Take specific action for waste reduction, cyclical use, and green purchasing	Approx. 50% (as the target result of questionnaire survey)
(3) Promoting sound material-cycle society business
a. Promoting green purchasing	Implementing organizational green purchasing	All local governments Listed companies $ ^{*2} $ : Approx. 50% Unlisted companies $ ^{*3} $ : Approx. 30%
b. Promoting environmental business management	Number of acquisitions of Eco Action 21 Certificates	6,000
c. Expanding sound material-cycle society business market	Market scale	Approx. twice the level of FY 2000

$ ^{*} $ 1: Daily waste generation per person was calculated using the volume of municipal waste as the sum of wastes collected through scheduled collection and group collection, and wastes carried in.

*2: Companies listed in the First and Second Sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange

*3: Unlisted companies with 500 or more employees, and business establishments

Source: Ministry of the Environment

Figure 2-1 The Material Flow of Our Country

Note 1: Wet waste, etc.: Water taken in socioeconomic activities and water content included in waste (e.g. sludge, animal waste, raw sewage, waste acid, or waste alkali); and input of earth and sand as a result of economic activities (e.g. sludge generated by the mining, construction and waterworks industries and slag from the mining industry) Note 2: Energy consumption and waste generated during industrial processes: An estimation of water, etc., included in raw materials and released during the manufacturing processes of industrial products

Note 3: Fertilizing: Sprayed fertilizer is not actually accumulated and will be decomposed in the soil; therefore, particularly it has been taken out from the net increase to stock. Source: Ministry of Environment

## (b) "Natural Resources Input Amount"

The natural resources input amount means the total amount of natural resources derived from domestic production or imports plus the amount of imported products; they are also known as the Direct Material Input (DMI).

The natural resources input amount estimated for fiscal 2007 was 1.56 billion tons as a total of domestic production and import (730 million tons domestic production + 830 million tons imports). This is about 81% of the 1.93 billion tons for fiscal 2000 (1.13 billion domestic production + 800 million tons imports).

The factor of reducing the natural resources input amount is mainly the decrease in soil and stone resources input amount and would mainly reflect the change in major government contracts. Since it is also possible that this is associated with the long-term change in Japan's industrial structure, the further analysis is needed.

Moreover, the natural resources input amount does not include the hidden flow, or the amount of material other than the targeted material collected/excavated or generated