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The 7th 3R International Scientific Conference (3RINCs) organized by the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management will be held online on 15 – 19 March 2021.

Although social activity has stagnated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parts of the world have already begun to rebuild their economies with green recovery policies. Green recovery is also required in the field of waste and material cycles. Under these circumstances, Global academics including Asia-Pacific, policy makers, and business people will come together for interdisciplinary discussions.

 
 



NEW Information:Foreword for 3RINCs has arrived

Foreword of the 7 th 3RINCs

3R Concept and its Broader Target Research Areas

 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (3RINCs) targets resource circulation and waste management. We welcome researches focused on the application of basic academic knowledge and good examples of social implementation of each relevant technology and system.

 We know the basic concept of 3R, “Reduce, Reuse & Recycle”, and the scope of its target research areas are becoming broad and expanding. Now we must think about additional aspect of “Renewable” as “3R Plus” approach. Especially when managing plastic materials, without considering “Renewable”, it is not possible to avoid GHG emissions generated from fossil resources or we cannot accomplish the technology of biodegradable application. We are facing with the expansion of 3R target items. For instance, we are dealing with food loss and one-way use of plastics as target items for “Reduce”. Given the fact that nearly a half of the amount of the food produced in the world goes to waste and food production has an impact on the environment, naturally we must think of the food loss issue. It is possible to reduce a considerable volume of single-use plastics which are disposed of after only one-time use. We also see new target items for “Reuse”, such as an expansion of the reuse market and products’ sharing systems. As for “Recycle”, in relation to the development of a decarbonized society, it will become necessary to target innovative technology development for electric vehicle’s recycling, and CCUS(Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage). Such movement can be developed also in Waste Management. There’s a trend to utilize recovered heat in addition to power generation in Waste-to-Energy (WtE) system. As for waste generated from frequent natural disasters, we must address disaster waste management as an ultimate issue.

 All these movements are based on the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions. That is, new products targeting a decarbonized society will go into recycling stage in the near future. For a sustainable future society, we have to achieve a circular economy and at the same time a material cycles society. This idea is gradually spreading and we need to think about that. Since 2019, we are facing a risk of COVID-19 infection. In addition to hands-on activities of infectious waste management, we need to look at the aspect of social changes like shifting to a decentralized society and/or transforming into a digital society with the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). We should realize such movement and make every effort toward resource circulation and decarbonization together with proper management of chemical substances. Along with this trend, it is time that we should develop a mid-to-long term approach for that goal. The 7th 3RINCs program contains those topics for discussion.

February 17, 2021

Shinichi SAKAI, Professor at Kyoto University
Steering Committee Chairperson of the 7th 3RINCs


New Information : Plenary Lectures has decided!

Plenary Lectures: 11 March 14:00 – 16:00 (JST)

Prof. Shinichi Sakai and Prof. Heinz-Georg Baum will give plenary lectures.
This is the precious opportunity to be able to attend their wonderful lectures.


Special Symposium on Disaster Waste: Afternoon of 11 March (JST)

The date of 11 March 2021 is the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This special symposium aims to look back on how devastative disaster waste had been enthusiastically managed by all stakeholders in Japan, as well as to strengthen the international cooperation in this field. In addition, a series of lectures on disaster waste management will be held every day during the 3RINCs from 15-19 March 2021. The program will be posted in the 3RINCs website soon. The date of 11 March 2021 is the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.



ORGANIZER:

Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM)

CONTACT:

Secretariat team of 3RINCs2021
(Reception hours: 10:00~19:00 (Japan Time) Excluding weekends and holidays)

TEL:+81-3-3554-5170
E-Mail:3rincs2021@stage.ac