容器包装(ようきほうそう)

ようきほうそう
noun
containers and packaging; packaging materials
1. containers and packaging; packaging materials
Containers (bottles, cans, boxes) and packaging (wrappers, films) used to hold or protect goods, considered collectively. Common term in recycling and waste-management regulation.
容器包装(ようきほうそう)は分別(ぶんべつ)して出(だ)してください。
Please separate containers and packaging when disposing of them.
プラスチック製(せい)の容器包装(ようきほうそう)はリサイクルの対象(たいしょう)だ。
Plastic containers and packaging are subject to recycling.
企業(きぎょう)は容器包装(ようきほうそう)リサイクル法(ほう)に基(もと)づき、再資源化(さいしげんか)の費用(ひよう)を負担(ふたん)する。
Under the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law, companies bear the cost of recycling.

Compound of 容器(ようき) (container) + 包装(ほうそう) (packaging, wrapping). A standard term in Japanese environmental law and household recycling: the 容器包装(ようきほうそう)リサイクル法(ほう) (Containers and Packaging Recycling Law) of 1995 established producer responsibility.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 容器包装(ようきほうそう)リサイクル法(ほう): Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
  • プラスチック容器包装(ようきほうそう): plastic containers and packaging
  • 容器包装(ようきほうそう)廃棄物(はいきぶつ): containers-and-packaging waste
  • 容器包装(ようきほうそう)材(ざい): container and packaging materials

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • パッケージ: package — loanword, more casual; refers to a single packaged unit
  • 梱包(こんぽう): packing, packaging — emphasizes the act of packaging for shipping
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