The construction of regional organism resource recycling system: A case study of practice process of "rainbow plan" in Nagai city, Yamagata prefecture [Japan]

It is necessary to construct the cycling type social economics system. However, the construction of such social economics system needs the change of the consciousness in all of people of the social economics activity. In addition, it must form this consciousness change as a common recognition of people. At the establishment of regional organism resource recycling system, it is also important on food wastes from the home in addition to organism resources of agricultural sector resource recycling organism resources. 'The plan of connect the kitchen with the agriculture- rainbow plan-", under the cooperation by the inhabitant, the goal of this plan is produce agricultural products by nonuse agriculture chemical after 1997. Simultaneously, the goal of community planning is the circulation of resources in the region. For Regional organism resource recycling system in the Nagai City, the flow of two organism resources exists between "non-farmhouse" and "farmhouse". The other flow is "resource recycling of the organism resources by the garbage". And the other flow is "organic agriculture production using the garbage compost". The main objective of this study is to analyze the practice process of "regional organism resource recycling system" in the Nagai City and clarifies the significance and problem. As a concrete action, it carries out regional organism resource recycling system through the establishment of system of fractionation and discharge of food wastes from the home by citizen participation. Through the promotion of "regional organism resource recycling system", the consciousness of the inhabitant cleared as a consciousness of the region resources cycling type community planning. "Regional organism resource recycling system" has realized "social ripple effect" for the establishment of the region resources cycling type community planning in present. For the establishment of regional organism resource recycling system by the citizen participation, the substantiality of "Social Technique" like the enlightenment activity is a necessary condition.