What Happens to Garbage in Japan

Ever wonder where all of the waste in Japan goes once it's collected?

Part 1: Does Japan have a plastic problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU6WogV6UEg

Sources:
- How to sort garbage guide for foreign residents https://www.city.saga.lg.jp/main/50595.html
- Saga city garbage collection rules https://www.city.saga.lg.jp/main/3027.html
- Kamikatsu zero waste town https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/gu900038/the-kamikatsu-zero-waste-campaign-how-a-little-town-achieved-a-top-recycling-rate.html?pnum=2
- Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2021/0309_001.html
- Oslo leading by example: world’s first CO2 capture and storage on waste incinerator to become reality in 2026 https://bellona.org/news/ccs/2022-03-oslo-leading-by-example-worlds-first-co2-capture-and-storage-on-waste-incinerator-to-become-reality-in-2026
- CCS pilot phase successfully completed on Norwegian waste-to-energy planthttps://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/ccs-pilot-phase-successfully-completed-on-norwegian-waste-to-energy-plant/
- CCUS: Could this be the best-kept secret of climate solutions? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAAb1S4bqks
- Edogawa incineration plant https://goo.gl/maps/rEKaTmMrCdWkf9bY7
- Wasteland: Tokyo grows on its own trash https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/02/18/environment/wasteland-tokyo-grows-trash/#.XH7_9ogzb8A
- UN Environment Programme: Waste-to-Energy Incineration https://www.iges.or.jp/en/publication_documents/pub/policysubmission/en/10877/WtEI_guideline_web_200615.pdf
- The incinerator and the ski slope tackling waste https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49877318
- Understanding the carbon impacts of Waste to Energy incineration https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2020/03/understanding-the-carbon-impacts-of-waste-to-energy/
- Energy Recovery from the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) https://www.epa.gov/smm/energy-recovery-combustion-municipal-solid-waste-msw
- BURNING TRASH IS A CLIMATE DISASTER https://www.no-burn.org/zero-incineration/
- What’s Wrong with Burning Our Trash, Anyway? https://www.clf.org/blog/whats-wrong-with-burning-our-trash-anyway/
- CLEAN Authority of Tokyo List of Icineration plant facilities http://www.union.tokyo23-seisou.lg.jp.e.de.hp.transer.com/kojo/index.html


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