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Recycling-related legislation in Japan • As a result of progress in the recycling of containers and packaging
Waste Incineration Suginami
Sumida
Ward
Edogawa
required by the law and recycling of used paper at offices, the Facilities in Urban Areas Ward
Shibuya
Ward
Fundamental Law for Establishing a Sound amount of general waste was reduced from 6.13 million tons in 1989 Ward
Chuo
Ward
Material-Cycle Society at the highest to 4.45 million tons in 2005.
• In the 23-wards area, 21 waste Setagaya Ward
Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources • Since the enforcement of the Construction Waste Recycling Law in incineration facilities are located Meguro
• Provides the promotion by businesses of resource conservation Ward
and recycling
2002, recycling of construction & demolition waste has been in residential and waterfront Shinagawa
promoted. The rate of recycling of waste concrete is more than 99%. Ward
areas.
Container and Packaging Recycling Law
• Calls for sorted collection by municipal governments and recycling • Waste incineration facilities are Ota Ward
by companies 1,000 tons
Transition of Amount of General Waste located even in the downtown
Home Appliance Recycling Law areas at urban centers (Shibuya
•Provides collection by sales outlets and recycling by Note: Recyclable waste excluded Plant near Shibuya Station and Location of Waste Incineration Facilities
manufacturers
Toshima Plant near Ikebukuro in Wards
Construction Waste Recycling Law Tama district and islands Station) Toshima Incineration Plant
• Provides Separate Demolition, and recycling of construction
waste by contractors Hikarigaoka incineration plant within the Hikarigaoka
housing complex premises in Nerima Ward
Food Recycling Law
• Calls for recycling of food waste by food businesses
Tokyo’s 23 wards
Highly Efficient Energy Recovery
ELV Recycling Law
• Recycling of shredder dust, etc. by manufacturers
Waste
incineration Waste power
facility generation
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Infectious medical waste is
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treatment and recycling facilities in the city’s waterfront area. Tag
incinerated in exclusive
• Thus far, eight waste treatment and recycling facilities have started
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furnaces.
their operation and another four facilities will be established. Waste heat generated from Attach IC tags To be read To be read
these processes is recovered to waste upon collection Management upon treatment
server
* For details of this project, refer to the TMG’s website in English. and used for highly efficient
http://www2.kankyo.metro.tokyo.jp/recycle/superecotown/outline.pdf waste power generation.
(Tokyo Waterfront Recycle Power Co., Ltd.) Final Disposal
Treatment capacity To waste gas treatment
• General waste generated in Tokyo undergoes intermediate treatment such as incineration,
Koto • Pyrolysis and and then 100% of the incinerator ash is disposed of in landfill sites within Tokyo. General
Ward Gasification of plastic waste generated in the 23-wards area is disposed of at the landfill site in Tokyo Bay
Tokyo
Construction and demolition waste: 550 t/day managed by TMG. This landfill site also accepts industrial waste generated by small- and
waste recycling • Incineration of infectious Waste
Gasification Swirling-flow
medium-sized companies in Tokyo.
furnace melting
medical waste: 100 t/day furnace
Chuo • Industrial waste is treated by industrial waste disposal contractors in the private sector at
Ward Power generation capacity sites located in other prefectures. 61% of the final disposal amount of industrial waste
23,000 kW Slag
generated in Tokyo is disposed of outside Tokyo.
Air
<Fluid bed gasification/melting furnace> Waterfront Landfill Site along Tokyo Bay
(EBARA Corp.)
Outer Central Breakwater Landfill Site: 199 ha
(Takatoshi Corporation 928 t/day)
This facility accepts food waste Reduction of Final Disposal Amount Final Disposal Amount
Animal feed from food waste for anaerobic digestion. 10,000 tons Reduction Target
(Re-Tem Corporation 300 t/day) Methane gas generated is used
as fuel for power generation by • The Tokyo Metropolitan Waste General
fuel cells and gas engines. Management Program formulated in 2006 waste To be reduced by 35%
aims to reduce the final disposal amount
Power generation capacity of general and industrial waste to 1.6
1,000 kW million tons by fiscal 2010 (a 35%
(Bioenergy Co., Ltd. 110 t/day)
reduction from fiscal 2004).
Food waste Electricity
Industrial
Crushing and
separation
Pre-fermentation
tank
Anaerobic
digestion
Gas
tank
Fuel cell/gas
engine
waste
(Future Ecology Inc. 36 t/day) (Alfo Co., Ltd. 140 t/day)
Water treatment