Home appliance manufacturers need to thoroughly study recycling methods to determine the costs to be borne by consumers, according to an industry group.
The current Diet session will debate a bill that would require manufacturers to recycle appliances, and the government aims to pass it by 2001. The bill calls for consumers to individually pay around 5,000 yen for a product’s recycling, according to the government.
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