{"id":522532,"date":"2026-04-10T02:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522532\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:06:11","slug":"japan-to-tighten-restrictions-on-metal-plastic-waste-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522532\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to tighten restrictions on metal, plastic waste exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/spotlight\/environment\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Preapproval process aims to encourage domestic use and ensure proper disposal<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-main img-fluid ImageNew_imageNewImageResponsive__f1VTu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/cms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/7\/3.jpeg\" alt=\"20260409N scrapyard\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">New rules seek to stop\u00a0irresponsible practices at scrapyards that cause pollution and other negative environmental impacts. \u00a9 Kyodo<\/p>\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">TOKYO &#8212; Japan is poised to clamp down\u00a0on exports of\u00a0metal and plastic\u00a0waste, Nikkei has learned, strengthening government oversight to encourage domestic use and prevent pollution caused by careless handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Environment Preapproval process aims to encourage domestic use and ensure proper disposal New rules seek to stop\u00a0irresponsible practices&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,144,386,5204,6805,181634,90,86882,56,54,55,3084],"class_list":["post-522532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-exports","tag-japan","tag-metal","tag-plastic","tag-restrictions","tag-science","tag-tighten","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}