A Study on Role of Information Technology to Construction the Recycling-based Society

人类活动的各个阶段都会产生废物。日本政府将推进循环型社会，充分利用材料，加大废物回收力度作为一项重大政策。2000年颁布的《建立循环型社会基本法》和有关的回收条例，加强了废物管理的监管框架。经济合作与发展组织（OECD）报告称，“生产者延伸责任（EPR）是一项政策，根据该政策，生产者在处理或处置消费后产品方面承担重大责任。”环保再循环原则已纳入有关容器和包装以及一些器具的国家立法。这项研究有两个目的。第一项任务是监测这些条例执行的有效性和效率，特别是在容器和包装、家用电器、个人电脑和报废车辆方面。第二个目的是展示信息技术在回收基地社会中的作用。消费者和生产者在处理或处置消费后产品方面面临许多决策。我们研究了在消费后产品中应用射频识别系统（RFID）。我们的简单模型显示了RFID的实施在产品的整个生命周期中起到了节省劳动力的作用。

Waste is generated at various stages of human activities. The Japanese government has been making it as a major policy to promote a recycling-based society, fully utilize materials and increase waste recovery. The 2000 Basic Law for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society, and related recycling regulations have strengthened the regulatory framework for waste management. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported, "Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy under which producers take significant responsibility in the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products." The principle of EPR has been incorporated into the national legislation on containers and packaging and on some appliances. This study has two purposes. The first one is to monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of implementation of these regulations, particularly in the case of containers and packaging, household appliances, personal computers and end-of-life vehicles. And the second purpose is to show the role of information technology in the recycling-base society. Consumer and producer have faced many decision-makings in the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products. We examine the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) in the case of post-consumer products. Our simple model shows the implementation of RFID works laborsaving effect in the all lifecycle of products.