Abstract:

Due to the increasing pressure on global environment and natural resource, recycling use of fibers, as a means for easing the above problems, has drawn more and more attention from various countries all over the world, especially from the developed countries. Japan is one of the countries which take the lead in the research and use of recycled fibers. This paper discusses the current status and developing trend as recycling use of fibers in Japan in terms of the related legal system, research institutions, its chief probes for study and so on. This study may be used as reference for China to build a fully recycling society and promote further research in the use of recycled fibers.