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Ministry of the Environment of Japan

Ministry of the Environment of Japan

Oversees national packaging recycling and resource-circulation policy

Maílis Carrilho
Added by Maílis Carrilho on September 23rd, 2026

Summary

Ministry of the Environment of Japan is one of five national ministries jointly responsible for the Containers and Packaging Recycling Act. The ministry oversees national waste and recycling policy and publishes legal, technical, and implementation information on the packaging recycling system.

Details

Company name
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Headquarters
Tokyo, 🇯🇵 Japan
Date of establishment
2001