The municipalities shall specified forth a definite plan for management of municipal solid waste in their
respective administrative areas (hereinafter referred to as a "municipal solid waste management plan").
2 The municipal solid waste management plan shall include the following matters in regard to the
management of municipal solid waste in their administrative areas according to the Ordinance of the
Ministry of the Environment.
1) Estimate of the volume of municipal solid waste to be generated and that to be managed.
2) Matters related to measures for suppressing discharge of municipal solid waste.
3) Kinds of municipal solid waste to be presorted for collectors and descriptions of those kinds.
4) Fundamentals of proper municipal solid waste management and also the fundamentals relating to the
authorities/persons carrying out such management.
5) Matters pertaining to the improvement or expansion of municipal solid waste disposal facilities.
6) Other matters necessary for the management of municipal solid waste.
3 The municipalities shall specified forth a municipal solid waste management plan in line with the basic plan
in Paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the Municipalities Law (Law No. 67 of 1947).
4 Each municipality shall endeavor to make its municipal solid waste management plan consistent with
similar plans of other municipalities with which the particular municipality is in close interrelations and that
significantly affect the municipal solid waste management in its administrative area.
5 The municipalities shall set forth a municipal solid waste management plan, and make an announcement
when changing them without delay