“Light on the mountain again” - recycling and mine Park (RMP) initiative 2001.02.20

Utilizing the site, facilities and technology of the mines and smelting sites of various areas of decline as "modern ore", new business and waste home appliances with new values as the environment. The recycling and mine Park (RMP) initiative, which aims to maintain a stable supply of resources and harmonize the environment, is likely to move as a business with economic incentives.

"The mountains are lighted again. We must not put out this light, "said the city of northern Akita, which tackles the regeneration of the mining town. There was a strong wind in the mining town, which has continued to recycle non-ferrous metals (lead, copper, zinc, etc.) contained in automobile waste batteries, shredder dust, and wire scraps. It is a wind-up of the recycling method of four appliances and the recycling method of the electric and electronic equipment other than the car and four household appliances to which it is enacted. Various merits such as the suitability treatment of used products, recycling of resources, effective use of incineration energy, and pollution prevention by heavy metals are derived there.

Economic merit was a big challenge. In the construction and operation of the recycling plant, the existing facilities and mining technology can be used as it is, so it is OK at low cost. It is said that it is equivalent to 500 million yen of one-eighth of the new plant. And, unlike the recycling plant of the arterial system manufacturer, it is an advantage to be able to develop business after familiarity with the vein. This ground will be reproduced as the nucleus of the venous industry in the future, and only the creation of employment is paid attention as the potential improvement of the region and the pilot business which supports the industrial structure of the Recycling society.