Abstract
One of the biggest social problems facing present-day Japan is the issue of waste and waste disposal. Needless to say, many of the safety hazards that have resulted from the siting and conduct of waste disposal sites remain a present danger to the environment and to people. Three particularly troublesome sites are representative of these problems: (1) Teshima Island in the Seto Inland Sea, which is notorious for the illegal dumping of industrial waste; (2) Mitake Town in Gifu Prefecture, which is used as a site for the disposal of industrial waste; and (3) Hinode town in Tokyo, where the safety of municipal waste disposal has been called into serious question. Such instances of environmental pollution are the result of a number of related causes, including the choice of landfill disposal sites, disputes over siting, a shortage of suitable sites, the burden on the local government, dioxin (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)/dibenzofurans (DFs)) pollution arising from the use of domestic waste incinerators, and even the newly introduced Law for the Promotion of Sorted Recycling of Containers and Packaging.
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