省 資 源(しょうしげん)

しょうしげん

noun

resource conservation; resource saving

nature

1. resource conservation; resource saving

The practice of using fewer natural resources or using them more efficiently.

省資源(しょうしげん)に取(と)り組(く)む。

To work on resource conservation.

省資源(しょうしげん)のためにリサイクルを推進(すいしん)している。

We are promoting recycling for the sake of resource conservation.

企業(きぎょう)は省資源(しょうしげん)と省(しょう)エネルギーの両面(りょうめん)から環境負荷(かんきょうふか)の低減(ていげん)に努(つと)める必要(ひつよう)がある。

Companies need to work on reducing their environmental impact from both resource conservation and energy saving perspectives.

A compound of 省(しょう) (to economize, to save) and 資源(しげん) (resources). Often used in environmental, industrial, and policy contexts. Japan, as a country with limited natural resources, places strong emphasis on 省資源(しょうしげん) in both public policy and corporate practices.

Frequently appears alongside 省(しょう)エネルギー (省(しょう)エネ for short, energy saving) as part of environmental discourse.

Common collocations

省資源(しょうしげん)活動(かつどう): resource-saving activities
省資源(しょうしげん)技術(ぎじゅつ): resource-saving technology
省資源(しょうしげん)型(がた): resource-saving type
省資源(しょうしげん)社会(しゃかい): resource-conserving society

Similar words

省(しょう)エネ(ルギー): energy saving — focuses specifically on energy rather than materials
リサイクル: recycling — one method of achieving resource conservation
節約(せつやく): saving, economizing — more general, applies to money, time, and resources

Related Words

Compare: 省(しょう)エネ (energy saving)

Compare: リサイクル (recycling)

Compare: 節約(せつやく) (saving, economizing)

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