Significantly reduced landfill volume 1998.09.15

The amount of garbage in the ward section of Tokyo was summarized in 1997. The total incidence was 3.1% down from the previous year to 4 million tonnes. Due to the establishment of a system that can incinerate all combustible garbage by the operation of the Edogawa cleaning plant, landfill disposal volume decreased by 465,000 tons, down 34.4%. The amount of recovered waste of resources was 29000 tons, and the amount of recycled paper was increased by 94% to 15000 tons. In addition, over-the-counter recovery of PET bottles started 1400 tons was recovered.