Redundant Capacity of Japan's Waste Incineration Plants

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  • Tsai Peii
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University (Now at Global Cooperation Institute for Sustainable Cities, Yokohama City University)
  • Saeki Takashi
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University
  • Onishi Akio
    Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University
  • Tabata Tomohiro
    Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University

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  • 一般廃棄物処理施設の稼働実態を考慮した処理余力と可燃性の災害廃棄物処理年数の推計に関する研究
  • ――南海トラフ巨大地震を事例として――
  • —The Case of the Great Earthquakes along the Nankai trough—

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The aim of this study is to graspthe actual redundant capacity of waste treatment plants as a means of evaluating possible disaster prevention countermeasures. Results of the study reflect the potential for waste treatment plants to serve as regional disaster response facilities.<br>We first investigated the damage ratio for incineration plants and bulk waste treatment facilities in Japan based on combining the vector data of plant locations and information from seismic damage distributions using GIS; of main concern was the case of the great earthquakes that occurred in the Nankai trough. In the next step, we conducted a questionnaire-survey of 1,361 municipalities throughout Japan. The redundant capacity of waste incineration plants was calculated using the maximum working hours derived from this survey. Finally, we conducted a case study to evaluate the redundant capacity of incineration plants operated by municipalities after the presumed great earthquake along the Nankai trough that struck.

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