Basic action target 2-5
2. Procedures aiming at zero material waste-free area and action items by subject
| Basic goal | (5) Reduce emission of carbon dioxide, which causes global warming 【Reduce carbon dioxide emissions】 |
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| Individual goal | Target value = carbon dioxide emission reduction rate = 6% reduction from 1991 |
| Goal arrangement | · Effectively utilize the necessary minimum resource amount (resource saving) |
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| Action items of our townspeople | · To save water · Buy only what you need and make lifestyle you use carefully · Select sustainability products (eco products) Change to consumer life · Recommend composting of garbage · Do not use products that incorporate CFC or CFC substitute |
| Community action items | · Effective utilization of garbage compost in each region |
| Business entity's action items | · Taking water conservation in hot water supply · Promote green purchasing to select sustainability products (eco products) · Promotion of production system and recycling to suppress waste · To promote manure composting of livestock manure and to suppress the generation of greenhouse gas such as methane gas · Recommend composting of garbage |
| Action items of government (office) | · Promotion of 3R (reuse, recycling, reduction) · Life cycle assessment (LCA): Not only the impact on the environment by waste when consumers are using the product, but also the impact on the environment where consumers can not actually see it until they are manufactured and disposed of A method to evaluate the impact of consumption of waste materials and resources on the environment) |
| Goal arrangement | · Effectively utilize the minimum energy required (energy conservation) |
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| Action items of our townspeople | · Try to use the minimum necessary for snow melting machines and road heating · Try to conserve electricity in home appliances · Purchase and renovate highly airtight, highly insulated houses · Work on eco driving such as idling stop · Decline the use of unnecessary urgent automobiles · Try to switch to low pollution vehicles |
| Community action items | · Advance sharing use of snow melters and snow removing machines |
| Business entity's action items | · Try to use the minimum necessary for snow melting machines and road heating · Promotion of energy saving and energy conservation of office equipment and manufacturing equipment by introducing cogeneration system (a system that extracts and uses two or more energy such as heat and electricity from one energy source) · Construction and remodeling of highly airtight, highly insulated company houses · Work on eco driving such as idling stop · Use of fuel with low environmental impact · Decline the use of unnecessary urgent automobiles · Try to switch to low pollution vehicles · Energy-saving equipment · Product selection · Transport and logistics efficiency |
| Action items of government (office) | · Improve energy efficiency · Promotion of energy conservation measures · Support promotion of introduction of low pollution vehicles · Promotion of utilization of snow and cold energy · Utilization of time difference work and information communication · Consideration for construction of evaluation system by LCA (life cycle assessment) |
| Goal arrangement | · Supplementing the cycle of resource circulation and energy circulation and reducing the burden on the global environment 【Priority Measures】 |
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| Action items of our townspeople | · Thorough separation of garbage, cooperate in resource recovery and reuse · To introduce natural energy such as solar energy - Creating a mechanism for automobile companion with family members and acquaintances · Participate in creating a system for public transport in general |
| Community action items | · Thorough separation of garbage by regional unit, cooperate in resource recycling - Creating a mechanism for automobile companion with family members and acquaintances |
| Business entity's action items | · To ensure thorough separation of garbage, cooperate in resource recovery and reuse · To introduce natural energy such as solar energy · Eliminate release of hazardous substances that can not be dissolved into natural ecosystems such as environmental hormones · The amount of waste discharged to the environment must be limited to within the range (environmental capacity) that can be regenerated within the range of material circulation speed in the human or biosphere · Participate in creating a system for public transport in general · Market development for regional production and promotion of diesel substitute fuels by edible waste oil such as rapeseed oil |
| Action items of government (office) | · Systematization of comprehensive waste disposal and recycling · Promotion of utilization of natural energy · Support for promoting utilization of snow cooling energy · Consideration for construction of evaluation system by LCA (life cycle assessment) · Effective use of energy by promoting use of circulation bus in town · Advance the making of the whole town system for public transport in general |
| Goal arrangement | · Protect and nurture forests that absorb global warming gas |
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| Action items of our townspeople | · Promote citizen participation in planting trees such as riparian forests · Forest owners keep logging to a minimum |
| Community action items | · Participate in regional participation in tree planting including riparian forests · Recommend local management of satoyama |
| Business entity's action items | · We encourage companies to participate in tree-planting trees such as riparian forests · Forest owners reduce felling as much as possible |
| Action items of government (office) | · Conservation of waterside environment and creation of riparian forest · Support for the 100-year forest making movement · Support for satoyama preservation activities |
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