以“大量生产、大量消费、大量废弃”为特征的工业化给全球生态环境造成了极大破坏。世界各国都在就此进行深刻反省，寻求一条可持续发展之路。近些年来，日本也积极行动起来，谋求建立循环型经济社会，且成效显著。 1994年，设在日本的联合国大学提出“零排放”概念，认为世界 Industrialization characterized by “mass production, mass consumption and massive abandonment” has caused great damage to the global ecological environment. All countries in the world are deeply introspecting this and seeking a way of sustainable development. In recent years, Japan has also taken active steps to establish a recycling economy and achieved remarkable results. In 1994, the United Nations University in Japan proposed the concept of “zero emissions” and considered the world