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GENERAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE FOR COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLES

MEASURES FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE

BEAUTIFICATION PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS

SCHEDULE FOR COLLECTION OF CONTAINERS AND PACKAGING PLASTIC

Environmental Management Bureau> Waste Management > Collection and Transportion of waste

> Waste of Household Origin > Waste of Business Origin > Waste from Cleaning Public Spaces

Waste of Household Origin

---572, 000t/year Using 411 press trucks and 187 lightweight trucks, waste from approximately one milion households is collected by the city twice a week on specified days. Up to 10kg a day is free of charge. In certain areas, waste is collected by air flow through a pipe, a method called "The Pneumatic Waste Collection System." Domestic waste collection ---16, 000t/year Using 85 press trucks and 35 small vans, large bulky items in excess of 30cm in any direction such as furniture and electrical appliances (excluding air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines) are collected by the city. Since October 2000, Osaka has been collecting bulky waste in response to telephone requests in all areas of the city. Bulky waste collection

Domestic waste collection

Bulky waste collection

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Recyclable waste collection

---25, 000t/year

Recyclable waste such as empty cans, glass bottles, PET bottles and metal kitchen houseware is collected once every two weeks (utilizing 79 packers and 26 lightweight trucks). In Nanko Port Town, special recycling bins have been put out for empty cans, bottles and PET bottles. Also, milk cartons are collected at environmental management centers.

---2, 000t/year (trial collection in some areas only) Using 17 press trucks and 7 light trucks, plastic containers and packaging for products are collected once every two weeks on a specified day in Fukushima-ku, Konohana-ku, Suminoe-ku, and Sumiyoshi-ku. ---8, 000t/year When a large amount of waste is generated due to house-moving or other events, the waste is collected, for a charge, upon request to environmental management centers. (Charge:1, 200 yen per 50kg)

Plastic containers and packageing collection

Irregular waste collection

Let Osaka City Carry Your Trash for You

For Osaka residents who cannot throw out their own waste, such as elderly persons who live on their own or families with physically-handicapped persons, the Environmental Management Bureau will throw domestic, recyclable, bulky, plastic containers and packing or irregular waste away for you upon request. Contact the environmental management center in your neighborhood.

Pneumatic Waste Collection System

With a "Pneumatic waste collection system", waste is carried through a vacuum-type underground pipe system from each household to incineration plants or a waste transfer station. This system was adopted for the first time in Japan in Osaka, at the Morinomiya Second Residential Complex (approx. 2, 000 households) and Nanko Port Town (approx. 10, 000 households), as a waste collection system for high-rise apartments.

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Waste Collection Systems in Multi-Story Buildings

Since April of 1993, when a multi-story building defined as a structure consisting of (1)three or more stories and twenty or more apartments (2) floor space of 2, 000m2 or more is to be constructed, a new ordinance requires owners to provide facilities for collecting domestic waste and equipment for handling recyclable resources. Equipment standards for such facilities are established by regulations, the main contents of which are as follows: 1. Must be of proper size and capacity, and must not be mixed with other items. 2. The structure must be simple and safe for discharge and collection, and must be set up in a place that is convenient for discharge and collection. 3. Must be designed so that waste does not spill or flow out, and must not give off foul odors. 4. Must be provided with water supply and drainage, ventilation and lighting equipment. Waste Collection Facilities

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Waste of Business Origin Collection of waste from business activities

---927, 000t/year

For the volume of waste generated in districts with a concentration of offices, shops and markets, or in amusement quarters where collection must be done late at night or early in the morning, collection is consigned to private collectors licensed by the City (374 collectors) who deal with general waste.

Disposal of waste brought to municipal facilities

---88, 000t/year

When residents or companies are disposing of a large volume of waste, earth, sand, etc, it may be taken to municipal waste treatment facilities after completing procedures at an environmental management center. (Charge : 58 yen per 10kg)

Waste from Cleaning Public Spaces Street Cleaning

---5, 000t/year

Disposal of illegally dumped waste

---14, 000t/ year

The main roadways are cleaned by road sweepers at night. Moreover, litter is cleaned up in green areas, overpasses, etc.

Efforts are made to remove waste dumped on the streets as quickly as possible and to patrol the city to prevent illegal dumping.

A road sweeper in action

Disposal of illegally dumped waste

Collection of waste in public trash receptacles

---2, 000t/year

River cleaning

---5, 000t/year

Waste is collected from trash receptacles and ashtrays installed in the vicinity of major railway stations such as Osaka station, Namba, Tennoji and on arterial roads and at bus stops.

Waste floating on the ten rivers (27.7km) in the Osaka City area, (including the Dotombori River and Daini-Neyagawa River) is collected by cleaning boats.

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Collection of waste in public trash receptacles

A cleaning boat removing floating waste

APPROPRIATE DISPOSAL OF WASTE r CHANGE IN AMOUNT OF WASTE r FLOW STREAM OF WASTE r FLOWSTREAM OF RECYCLABLE WASTE r COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF WASTE r INTERMEDIATE TREATMENT OF WASTE , <Incineration of Combustible Waste> r FINAL DISPOSAL OF WASTE (HOKKO LANDFILL SITE)

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