DSM for the Formation of Rccyclical Economic System

1998年，通过对东京都市圈的2,000名消费者进行的广泛调查，研究了消费者对家电回收新制度的接受程度。本研究小组获得了关于支付意愿、信息公开的效果、回收商品的购买意愿等重要数据。1999年，本研究小组对米野市的固体废弃物处理收费进行了市民反应的综合调查。向2,000名居民邮寄了纪念品。调查结果显示，市民对收费的反应因年龄、居住条件等属性而异，对收费制度的支持率显著上升。

In 1998, Consumer's Acceptance to the New System for Home Appliances Recycling was researched by far-reaching survey on 2,000 consumers in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Our research team earned important data on the willingness-to-pay, effects of information disclosure, and willingness-to-buy recycling goods.In 1999, a comprehensive survey on the citizen's response to solid waste disposal charging in City of Yono was conducted by our research team. Questionaires were maild to 2,000 residents. The survey results suggested that the citizens have responded to the charging by various behaviors according to their attributes, such as age, residential condition, and so on. Moreover, the significant increase of support ratio to the charging system was confirmed by the survey.