(1) Promotion of construction recycling

The whole country is endeavoring to ensure the appropriate implementation through simultaneous patrols of the “Construction Material Recycling Act”.

Furthermore, having received the “evaluation and review on the implementation of the construction recycle system”, the Ministerial Ordinance of the Construction Recycle Act and part of the executing regulations were revised in February 2010. The pre-implementation report and building demolition procedures have to be made in more detail and the promotion of construction recycling is underway. Items with a low recycling rate, insufficient efforts on controlling and improving recycling quality, and the large numbers of illegal dumping cases are still issues surrounding construction recycling. Therefore, in order to work on the awareness improvement of related parties, strengthened cooperation and unified development with other environmental policies, the “2008 Construction Recycling Promotion Plan” is being pushed forward. The plan stated the basic concept of construction recycling market

cultivation concentrating on the creative efforts of private parties. In addition, in order to understand the actual situation regarding the utilization of construction by-products, refuse, recycle and final disposal, the investigation results of the actual situation surrounding construction by-products carried out in 2008 were summarized.

## (2) Promotion of reducing and recycling sewage sludge

At the same time, to push forward the utilization of wooded area and farming land sewage sludge and energy (the recycle rate for FY 2007 was 77%), electricity generation using biogas produced during the handling process, fuel generation for natural gas automobiles, energy usage through sewage sludge derived fuel, and the collection and utilization of phosphorus from sewage and sewage sludge are also being carried out. Moreover, to further push forward the usage of sewage sludge, the popularization of developed technology through the Lead to Outstanding Technology for Utilization of Sludge Project (LOTUS Project) is being promoted.

## (3) Measures against residential and construction refuse

The recycling rate of used construction woods produced as refuse during construction is about 90% including the reduced part. 1) Support for measures regarding recycling by regional public organizations; 2) recycling measures in residential housing and buildings according to information related to the deteriorated measures of the Housing Performance Indication System are being pushed forward.

### 2. Construction of a recycled resources logistics system

(1) Formation of a recycled resources logistics network by utilizing marine transportation

In order to form a “circle” of recycled resources for constructing a recycling society, 21 ports in the country are designated as central logistic ports for recycled resources (recycling ports) as wide-ranging recycling facilities located in ports. Additionally, the development of recycled resources logistics supporting facilities, promotion of government-private cooperation, the formation and publicity of a recycled resource application promotion manual on the usage of recycled resources are being carried out. Moreover, in March 2009, with the assistance of the recycling port promotion committee, the marine transportation verification trial for recycled resources was carried out in 8 ports in the country. Through the trial, the usage standards for safely and effectively performing recycled resource transportation in recycling ports are being formulated.