市場規模３０年に８０兆円　リサイクルで工程表―環境省

　環境省は２５日、リサイクル政策に関する工程表案を中央環境審議会の部会に示し、大筋で合意を得た。資源を繰り返し利用する「循環経済」関連ビジネスの国内市場規模について、現在の５０兆円から２０３０年に８０兆円以上へ拡大させることを盛り込んだ。
　工程表案によると、３０年までに企業や自治体からのプラスチック回収量を倍増させるほか、食品ロスを４００万トン以下に削減する取り組みを強化。また、レアメタルを含む金属リサイクルや、化石燃料由来素材のバイオマス転換も推進する。（2022/08/25-19:11）

The Japanese government aims to expand the size of the domestic "circular economy" market to over 80 trillion yen by 2030 from the current 50 trillion yen, it was learned Thursday.
   The target was included in a draft road map on recycling policy that the Environment Ministry presented at a meeting of a working group of the Central Environment Council on the day. The draft was broadly approved at the meeting.
   According to the draft, the government plans to double by 2030 the amount of plastics collected by companies and local governments, strengthen measures to reduce food waste to 4 million tons or less and promote the recycling of rare and other metals and the shift from materials derived from fossil fuels to biomass materials.
   The ministry hopes that the promotion of circular economy-related initiatives will lead to the effective use of resources as well as the reduction of waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
   It also believes that circulating resources domestically is significant from the viewpoint of economic security.