【Report】
A Study on the Japanese System for Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons from End-of-life Vehicles
Ken'ichi Togawa
Research Center for Coal Mining Materials, Kyushu University
（6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan）

Abstract
In this article, the history and characteristics of the Japanese Automotive Fluorocarbon Recovery and Destruction System are examined. Specifically explored is the Voluntary Agreement（1998-2002）and the legal system according to the Fluorocarbon Recovery and Destruction Law（2002-）. By law, the Japanese government requests motor vehicle manufacturers to design and manage the Automotive Fluorocarbon Recovery and Destruction System. In detail, this means that motor vehicle manufacturers must: 1. Accept fluorocarbons from recovery businesses; 2. Decompose of the accepted fluorocarbons; 3. Issue and sell fluorocarbon tickets to collect fluorocarbon treatment fees; 4. Pay the fluorocarbon recovery and decomposition businesses for their jobs done; and 5. Issue fluoro-
carbon manifests to monitor the flow of fluorocarbons. Control of such recycling by motor vehicle manufacturers is done in the name of Extended Producer Responsibility. After this new legal system went into effect, there has been no significant increase in the ratio of recovery and destruction of fluorocarbons from mobile air-conditioners. Various causes of this phenomenon can be pointed out, but the permission to re-use fluorocarbon is definitely the most serious problem to be examined.

Key words: End-of-life vehicles, fluorocarbons, Fluorocarbon Recovery and Destruction Law, extended producer responsibility, voluntary system