creating a recycling based society in oki town, fukuoka

Creating a Recycling based Creating a Recycling-based Society in Oki Town, Fukuoka

D.G.J.PREMAKUMARAResearcher, IGES-KUC

Source: Oki TownInternational Training Workshop for National Policy Framework on Municipal Waste Management in Indonesia, 27-29 October 2010, Kitakyushu, Japan

An Overview of Oki Town• Small agricultural town located in

Fukuoka Prefecture

• About 14,500 people and 4,300 households in 2010

• 14% of town’s total land area of14% of town s total land area of 18.43 sq.km is comprised by canal network

• Popular for its local agricultural• Popular for its local agricultural production, such as Strawberries and Mushrooms

• When SWM identified as an environmental issue in 1995, due to insufficient capacity in treatment pants and high operational cost, solid waste was incinerated and human waste and sludge from gseptic tanks was dumped at sea

Photo courtesy: Oki Town

Initiatives for creating a Recycling-based SocietySociety

• Step 1: Making a vision (Okimachi MottainaiD l ti ) ith ti iti ti i tiDeclaration) with active citizen participation– We shall create a town without waste anything– We shall promote the recycling of waste and become a town that– We shall promote the recycling of waste and become a town that

does not dispose of waste by incineration or landfills by 2016– We shall create a sustainable community and improving social

harmony


Photo: Oki Town


• Step 2: Introduce of new waste separation and collection system co ect o syste– Organized awareness‐raising workshops to make people aware about

the new waste collection system– Currently the waste is separated into 21 categories at household– Currently, the waste is separated into 21 categories at household– Recyclable materials are collected once a month at the town recycling

centerTh kit h t ti d ll ti t d i– The kitchen waste separation and collection system commenced in 2006 and collection takes place twice a week. The collection baskets, one for ten households are placed certain locations the day before collectioncollection

– Burnable waste is collected once a week



• Step 3: Construction of biogas facility for organic waste human waste and septic tank sludge waste, human waste and septic tank sludge

Source: Oki Town

Initiatives for creating a Recycling-based Society

St 4 E t bli h t f i l t t t • Step 4: Establishment of social system to support biomass utilization

Source: Oki Town

Achievementsc e e e ts

3500

The total volume of waste generated has been reduced by 46%

2000250030003500

te (

tons

)

Recycling

500100015002000

me

of w

as Combustible

Total Waste (under the new

0500

2005 2007 2009

Vol

um initiative)

Total Waste (business as usual)

Year Source: Oki Town, 2010. Compiled by Premakumara, 2010

Creating new energy sourcegy•Generates 700 KW of electricity for use of Oki Sustainable Center


Cost benefitsReduced its waste collection and treatment cost by 20% within four years

Bring new opportunity to agricultural community

4 000 000

4,500,000

5,000,000

Total Cost

2,165,214

1 751 4233,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

(USD

)

C & O of kitchen

753 054

1,751,42320%

2,000,000

2,500,000

, ,

nual cost C & O of kitchen

& human waste by biomass

1 412 160 1 001 388

753,054

750,0351,000,000

1,500,000Ann

C & O of human waste by ocean disposal


1,412,160 1,001,388

0

500,000

2005 2009

C & O cost of combustible waste by2005 2009

Year

waste by incineration

Source: Oki Town. Compiled by Premakumara, 2010

Key factors for achieving recycle-based society

Vision Making

Awareness

Rising

Technology

Develot

Recycle-based

Risingpment

Supportive national policy frameworkSociety

Partnerhi

Incenti

Supportive national policy framework

ship

Information

ves

ation Sharing

National support for biomass utilization

7 relevant ministries: Cabinet Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy and Industry, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism, Ministry of EnvironmentSource: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2009<http://www.biomass-asia-workshop.jp>

National support for biomass utilization• The government take measures on

laws, economy, tax system and finance for enforcement of policies Measure finance for enforcement of policies about promotion of the biomass.

Source: MOAFF, 2009

Some other major Biomass towns in Japan

Source: MOAFF, 2009

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