Technological Factors of Environmental Industry Promotion of Eco-town Projects

Eco-town projects are valued highly inside and outside of Japan as a way to build a local resource circulating society. The most important point of any Eco-town project is the implementation of a real recycling business, and building a reliable Eco-town brand. In various places in and outside of Japan, a lot of plans similar to Eco-town projects have been built, but many plans have not been fully realized. The main reasons for this are that the concept of plan did not fit the local specifications, and concrete methods for implementation of the projects were not sufficiently clear. The purpose of this research is for the authors to show that the Eco-town project is suitable, and to present a concrete method for creating resource circulation society that can be tailored to each local region. Then, we attempt to sys-temize technical elements and functions of Eco-towns, especially from the point of view for making environmental industries.