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Shinichi Sakai

Professor, Environmental Preservation Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan

Dr. Shinichi Sakai is an expert in material cycles and waste management.

Currently Professor of the Environmental Preservation Research Center of Kyoto University in Japan, his current special fields are “System analysis of material cycles and waste management” and “Persistent chemicals control in the field of waste management”.  He is a member of the advisory committee for the recycling and waste management policy of the Ministry of Environment, Japan.  He is an editor-in-chief of the international Journal of Material Cycles & Waste Management (JMCWM).

Shinichi Sakai is speaking at the following WCEF2018 session:

Mon 22 October at 14:30 : Building a Sound-Material Cycle Society: Learnings from Japan

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability solutions

Our daily lives, decision-making practices and business can fit within the earth’s carrying capacity. It pays to seize sustainable solutions right now, as they can help us stop overconsumption and biodiversity loss and mitigate climate change.

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