Waste and Recycling Status of Europe,  Japan and USA

Sang-hun Lee; Kyoungkeun Yoo

doi:10.7844/kirr.2021.30.1.92

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Waste and Recycling Status of Europe, Japan and USA 유럽, 일본, 미국의 폐기물 및 재활용 현황

28 February 2021. pp. 92-101

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Abstract

The status of waste generation and recycling in 32 countries in the European Union (EU), Japan, and the United States was investigated and summarized to encourage overseas market expansion for domestic urban mining industries. Among the 32 EU countries, Germany has the highest amount of material consumption and generates the largest quantity of waste. Minerals such as mine and soil wastes constitute the largest type of waste in the EU. With respect to waste treatment techniques, landfill and recycling are applied to 39% and 38% of the waste, respectively, implying the necessity to promote recycling. Japan's total waste generation declined recently to less than 400 million tons. The largest amount of waste is generated by the manufacturing industries. The proportion of total recycled waste is estimated to be slightly over 50%, but the proportions are greater than 90% for metal scrap and 60% for waste plastics. The amount of waste produced in the United States recently exceeded 265 million tons; 52.1% of the waste is landfilled, while only 25.1% is recycled. Therefore, the recycling industry has to be developed further.

Keywords

waste

recycling

Japan

United States

국내 도시광산업체의 해외진출을 장려하기 위해 유럽 32개국과 일본, 미국의 폐기물 발생 및 재활용 현황을 정리하였다. 그 결과 EU (European Union) 32개국 중 독일의 물질소비량과 폐기물 발생량이 가장 많았고, EU의 폐기물 조성 중 광산폐기물이나 흙 등 무기물이 가장 많은 부분을 차지하고 있었다. 폐기물 처리방법으로서 매립과 재활용이 각각 39%와 38%으로 아직까지 재활용할 여지가 많은 것으로 판단되었다. 일본의 전체 폐기물 발생은 최근 4억톤 이하로 감소하고 있는 추세이며, 제조업에서 가장 많은 폐기물이 발생하였다. 폐기물 중 재활용되는 비율은 50%를 조금 넘는 수준이나, 금속스크랩의 경우 90%를 상회하고 있으며, 폐플라스틱의 경우 60%로 나타났다. 미국의 폐기물발생량은 최근 2억6천5백만톤을 상회하고 있으며, 폐기물 중 52.1%가 매립되고 있고 재활용은 25.1%정도에 불과하여 향후 재활용산업에 진출할 여지가 높다고 판단된다.

키워드

폐기물

재활용

유럽연합

일본

미국

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Publisher :The Korean Institute of Resources Recycling
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원리싸이클링학회
Journal Title :Resources Recycling
Journal Title(Ko) :자원리싸이클링
Volume : 30
No :1
Pages :92-101
Received Date : 2020-12-04
Revised Date : 2021-01-12
Accepted Date : 2021-01-19
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2021.30.1.92

Resources Recycling ISSN:2765-3439(Print) 2765-3447(Online) 자원리싸이클링

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