Comparisons and Analysis on International Resource Recycling: A Case Study of Waste Disposal and Recycling between China and Japan

Abstract

With rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, resources seem to be more and more important. All over the world, every country are paying more attention to resources conservation and recycle. At the same time, China and Japan, two large countries in Asia, share many similarities and have many differences. This paper, from the angle of sustainable development, compares various aspects of waste disposal and recycling in both China and Japan, including technologies, administrations, CSR (Corporation Social Responsibility), public attitudes and so on. By SWOT analysis, we can get to know merits and demerits of two countries’ waste disposal and recycling, so as to better understand the differences between China and Japan and provide deeper suggestions to international resources recycling cause.