title: Report on hazardous household waste generation in Japan.
abstract: Surveys of over 2000 households in Japan were conducted to investigate the characteristics of hazardous household waste (HHW) generation. In Japan, about 2.5 to 4.3 kg of HHW are produced per tonne of the residential waste stream. The percentage of used batteries in HHW was over 50%. Every household using spray (aerosol) cans had more than seven cans on average. The generation of HHW, in terms of both quantities and type of waste produced, appeared to vary with dwelling type. Detached dwelling residents tended to store HHW such as used batteries, whereas apartment residents tended not to store waste. The amounts of discarded HHW were larger at the end of the year in comparison with other months. The data accumulated were used to estimate the quantities of HHW disposed off annually, and the quantities and type of waste that might be received by a typical depot collection programme in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan. kyasuda@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006795:Household Products; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012621:Seasons; D018505:Waste Management
chemical_list: D006256:Hazardous Waste