Building sustainable social systems: Introducing Design for Environment to small and medium-sized enterprises

这项研究聚焦于绿色技术的专利，以及在该领域创新的消费电子和塑料行业的专利，以及日本《家电回收法》等法规实施后的趋势演变，以评估向循环型社会过渡所取得的进展，循环型社会促进生态产品的设计和开发，产品的生产、消费和回收都在同一地区进行。此外，通过对多个行业的环境倡议的调查，还考察了资源利用效率和减少废物等问题。然后，这些结果被用来建立一张“绿色技术地图”，以刺激追求绿色创新的中小型企业在特定领域的发展。作为创建循环型社会的一项措施，我们还建议在市政当局和私营部门之间建立合作模式。

This research focuses on patents for green technologies, among others in the consumer-electrics and plastic industries innovative in the field, as well as on the evolution of the trends after the implementation of regulations such as the Home Appliance Recycling Act in Japan, in order to assess the advancement made for the transition towards a recycling-oriented society, which promotes the design and development of eco-products and in which the production, consumption, and recycling of products all take place in the same area.Moreover, through the investigation of environmental initiatives in multiple industries, issues such as resource use efficiency and waste reduction are also examined. The results are then used to build a “green technology map”, in order to stimulate the development, in a given area, of small to medium-sized enterprises who pursue green innovations. As a measure towards the creation of a recycling-oriented society, we suggest a cooperation model between municipalities and the private sector as well.