Outline of JCCP Regular Course IT-6-26

The aim of this course is to learn about the Japanese government’s basic strategy for realizing a circular society, which is aimed at making effective use of resources, as well as Japan's recycling technologies and eco-activities, and to gain knowledge and hints for planning and developing a recycling-oriented society that maximizes added value.

1. Lecture
・Circular economy in Japan
・Waste management and recycling in Japan
・Japan’s energy situation, renewable energy

2. Site Visit
・Oil company: Initiatives toward realizing a circular economy
・Plastic recycling company: Waste plastic recycling business
・Recycling plant: Waste-to-energy generation, metal recovery, biofuel production
・Local government introducing its ecosystem: Recycling business, utilization of renewable energy

3. Workshop:
・Toward building a recycling-oriented society
   Participants share information with each other and find solutions to problems

Young leaders to mid-level employees who are involved in projects and related work aimed at building a recycling-oriented society in a refinery, environmental department, planning department, etc., and who also have the skills to conduct daily conversations and make presentations in English.