While Japan has become a cleaner and environmentally more responsible nation in recent decades, the country’s business, agricultural and industrial activities still contribute to a broad range of environmental issues.
One of the biggest environmental issues in Japan is waste management. Modern society produces a lot of trash and on the tiny island nation of Japan – there is only so much room. Japanese municipal facilities used to burn high volumes of trash, but air pollution issues forced to government to adopt an aggressive recycling policy. A 2010 review by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that Japan still needs to take steps toward reducing its waste.