Waste and End of Life Vehicles Problems of Island Countries : On the Basis of a Field Research in Palau

廃車問題

適正技術

拡大生産国責任

自立支援

技術移転

Palau

ELV problem

appropriate technologies

Extended producing country responsibility

aids for self-reliance

technology transfer

Motorization of Palau has intensified end of life vehicles problem in Palau. And, as an exporting country of vehicles, Japan is expected to contribute for solving the problem to some extent. To put it concretely, five categories of aids by Japanese government or NPO would be helpful. Technology and education aids, equipment aids, transportation aids, legislation aids and IT aids to set up a data base of end of life vehicles. Palau was the place of Japan's South Pacific Agency until the end of the Second World War. With people's good sentiments toward Japan, aids and proposals from Japan has an advantage to be well accepted by the Palau nation.