KITAMURA Yoshinobu
Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, 9(6) 434-443, Sep 30, 1998
Openness of industrial solid waste administration is an important way to achieve the purpose of the 1997 Amendment to the Solid Waste Treatment Law : dissolving distrust against waste management.<BR>The Amendment has introduced new measures to enhance communication among administration, licensed agents, and the citizens, such as living environment assessment, and public access to management records of treatment facilities.<BR>These measures, however, are not necessarily panacea. Additional practices are to be considered ; providing reasons for licensing treatment facilities to the public, and making available information concerning license agents, advisory board experts, and regulatory enforcement activities.