Current Status of Recycle Mine Bark Project - 2020s
In the 2020s, the Recycle Mine Bark Plan of the Japan Mining Industry Association is making further progress. Closed mines such as the Oosazawa Mine in Aomori Prefecture and the Kosaka Mine in Akita Prefecture are being used as recycling centers for used home appliances and industrial waste; in 2021, approximately 30,000 tons of copper and 12,000 tons of aluminum were recovered from refrigerators and air conditioners. Mitsui Kinzoku Mining and Sumitomo Metal Mining are enhancing their refining technologies to improve the efficiency of resource recovery from these wastes, thereby increasing the resource recycling rate for Japan as a whole. In addition, collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment and local governments has streamlined the transportation of waste from urban areas to regional recycling hubs, resulting in the recycling of hundreds of thousands of tons of waste per year. Furthermore, Japanese recycling technologies are being deployed in Southeast Asian countr
ies, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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