Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2021.30.1.92

Waste and Recycling Status of Europe, Japan and USA  

LEE, Sang-hun (Department of Environmental Science, Keimyung University)
YOO, Kyoungkeun (Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Publication Information
Resources Recycling / v.30, no.1, 2021 , pp. 92-101 More about this Journal
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; EU; Japan; United States;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 6  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Kim, D., Kim, Y., 2020 : Implications of the 6th National Program for Overseas Resources Development, J. Korean Soc. Miner. Energy Resour. Eng., 57(4), pp.392-397.   DOI
2 Kim, B., Chae, S., Kim, J., et al., 2018 : Oversea Production Status of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium from Scrap, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 27(6), pp.76-83.   DOI
3 Kim, B., Kim, J., Yoo, K., 2019 : Recycling Status of Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium, J. Korean Soc. Miner. Energy Resour. Eng., 56(4), pp.359-366.   DOI
4 Cho, B.G., Cho, Y.J., Lee, J.C., et al., 2019: Korea's Metal Resources Recycling Research Project - Valuable Recycling, Geosystem Engineering, 22(1), pp.48-58.   DOI
5 Kim, Y.-C., Kang, H.-Y., 2017 : Status and Strategy on Recycling of Domestic Used Chemical Catalysts, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 26(3), pp.3-16.   DOI
6 Kwon, Y.-S., Lee, J.-c., Shin, D. Y., et al., 2014 : A Review on Recycling of Spent Autocatalyst in Korea, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 23(1), pp.3-16.   DOI
7 Park, H., Shin, S., 2014 : Current Status of Domestic Recycling of Used Metallic Can, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 23(5), pp.62-67.   DOI
8 Ahn, H., Kang, L., Lee, C.-G., 2017 : Analysis of Commercial Recycling Techcnology and Research Trend of Printed Circuit Boards in Korea, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 26(4), pp.9-18.   DOI
9 Oh J.-H., 2014 : Improvement of ELV Recycling Technology - Focused on Achivement of ELV Recycling Rate 95%, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 23(2), pp.71-80.   DOI
10 Jung, I., Park, J., Hwang, J., et al., 2015 : Overview and Recent Development of Recycling Small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 24(4), pp.38-49.   DOI
11 Eurostat, Generation of Waste by Waste Category, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_wasgen/default/table?lang=en, Nov. 29, 2020.
12 Park, H., Sohn, H., 2015 : Current Status on the Recycling of Domestic Major Non-ferrous Metal Scraps, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 24(5), pp.72-79.   DOI
13 Kim, S.-K., 2010 : The Main Contents of the Countermeasures for Recycling of Used Metal Resources, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 19(4), pp.3-12.
14 Lee, H. S., Woo, J.-H., Lee, J.-c., 2014 : The Activation Plan of Resource Circulation of Copper through Analysis of Waste Resources Circulation Flow, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 23(2), pp.26-36.   DOI
15 Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Yi, S., 2018 : Resource Circulation Plan Using Material Flow Analysis of Waste Metals of Cobalt and Palladium, J. of Korean Inst. of Resources Recycling, 27(1), pp.14-21.   DOI