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| Okayama UNIV. |  |
| WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CENTER |
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| Outline |
| 【Project Name】 Practical Research and Education of Solid Waste Management Based on the Partnerships among Universities and Governments in Asia and Pacific Countries（abbreviated as the “ Partnership” project） 【Period】 2010 ～ 2012 【Agent】 Solid Waste Management Research Center, Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University UNESCO, Okayama University 【Project Summary】 As an international education nuclear for the establishment of a sound material-cycle society, the Solid Waste Management Research Center of Okayama University proposes the “Partnership” project aiming at developing elite human resources in the solid waste research field to conduct practicable research for tackling solid waste problems, with the collaboration of partner universities from Asia-Pacifi c regions, local authorities in foreign countries where serious solid waste problems occur, and Japanese local authorities. 【Work Summary】 This “Partnership” project attempts to clarify the causes of solid waste generation, reduce the quantity of solid waste generation and to establish an alternative solution for solid waste management system for the objective country with respects to the socio-economic situations. The objective countries are Indonesia (the 1st year), Malaysia, Vietnam, and India (the 2nd year), China and Thailand (the 3rd year) in Asia, and Palau and Guam (the 1st year) in the Pacific region. Cooperating with the partnership universities and local governments’ officials, the history, culture, life-style and custom that related to solid waste generation in the objective countries are to be clarified, respectively. Subsequently, a methodology choosing appropriate system of solid waste technology that have been well developed in Japan would be established. The abovementioned works would be carried out from the research level of solid waste management systems to the practice level, step by step. 【Prospective Outcome】 The establishment of sound material-cycle society through the implementation of 3R Initiatives is one of the Japanese environmental policies advocated to the global society. The implementation of this project would strengthen the leadership of Japan in Asia/Pacifi c environmental research and policies. In addition, by establishing the solid waste management systems in the “Partnership” project, the collaboration among the local authorities in foreign countries and Japan. The contribution of the international partnerships at a local authority level could be expected. |