Residuos

Zero Emissions Manual
― Realizing a Zero Emissions-based Regional Community ―

First edition

January 2003, translation completed in May 2004
Zero Emissions Manual Drafting Committee

Table of contents

1.

Objectives................................................................................................................................................1
1-1 Background andobjectives of this manual ........................................................................................1
“Environment tree” (vision for a resource-recycling society)............................................................ 2
1-2 About Zero Emissions........................................................................................................................3
1-3Characteristics of this manual ............................................................................................................4

2.

Target group.............................................................................................................................................6

3.

Glossary of Zero Emissions:.................................................................................................................7

4.

The Procedure.........................................................................................................................................9
4-1 Prepartie investigation......................................................................................................................10
4-1-1 Organization of an InvestigationCommittee ...........................................................................10
4-1-2 Grasp of Zero Emissions concept ............................................................................................ 11
4-1-3 Industrial park based on the given conditions..........................................................................12
4-1-4 Information-sharing.................................................................................................................14
4-2 Investigation of actual conditions for formation of a network .........................................................15
4-2-1 Clarification of material flows for formulation of a resource optimization matrix..................15
4-2-2 Investigation of materials/energy conversion technologies forresources utilization and network formation............................................................................17
4-3 Identification of a basic plan and a promotion mechanism..............................................................19
4-3-1 Establishing a promotion body.................................................................................................19
4-3-2 Draw-up of abasic plan ...........................................................................................................21
4-3-3 Disclosure of the plan to stakeholders .....................................................................................22
4-3-4 Information-sharing and environmental education ..................................................................23
4-4 Preparation ofa Zero Emissions plan ..............................................................................................24
4-4-1 Draw–up of a Zero Emissions Blueprint..................................................................................24
4-4-2 Examination of the Zero Emissions Plan .................................................................................26
4-4-3 Finalization ofthe plan and its dissemination..........................................................................27
4-5 Implementation,operation and commercialization ...........................................................................28
4-5-1 Implementation of the Zero Emissions plan ............................................................................28
4-5-2 Documentation and...