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

Related Words

Compare: パッケージ (package)

Compare: 梱包(こんぽう) (packing, packaging)

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Added 2026.6.8 17:29 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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