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Clean Association of TOKYO 23
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Working scale of the Clean Association of TOKYO 23
1）Facilities：
Incineration plants – 20
Ash melting furnaces -7
Pulverization processing plants -3
2）Annually handling approx.：
three million tons in total
3）Staff：
1,137（as of Apr-2011）
The role and structure of incineration plants
Combustible waste is incinerated at 20 plants (as of December 2010). Incineration prevents bacteria, vermin and foul odors and maintains a sanitary environment. By incinerating waste to ashes, the volume reduces to one twentieth, and by melting ash down to slag, it reduces another half, which reduces amount going to landfill.
Emission of toxic substances within exhaust and wastewater from the incineration plants are controlled and reduced, to reduce the burden on the environment.
Aside from environmental measures concerning exhaust and wastewater emissions, plants generate electricity and supply heat using heat energy generated from the incineration process. Slag, produced from melting ash, can be used as construction material.
With the incinerator and various facilities working together, incineration plants incinerate waste safely, reliably and efficiently, and work on using resources and energy effectively.
Through our long experience, we have accumulated technical skills and know-how on waste management.
To actively disseminate such skills abroad, we established the International Cooperation Division of Waste Management in April 2011, and we now deal with acceptance of delegates from abroad as well as studies on waste management in cities abroad. We, considering technical transfer and other activities for the future in our vision, will promote international cooperation and advancement of waste management to foreign countries. Our own knowledge
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