Solid waste management & Recycling technologies tour in Kitakyushu
Japan is a global leader in the development and application of environmental policy in the
waste sector and Kitakyushu-city is the advanced city of solid waste management in Japan.
In Kitaykushu-city, the comprehensive Solid waste management system and Recycling
technologies can be learned from waste collecting procedure at household to the final stage
of waste treatment such as incineration, landfill and recycling.
Tour conditions
The tour is the tailor-made study tour exclusively for your group
What to learn
Comprehensive Solid waste management system and Recycling technologies
Number of perticipant : from 5 to 40
Tour duration : 2 days ( one-day tour can be arranged if required )
Study tour planning and arrangement :
Tour guide and interpreter (English ) : Japan KYUSHU Tourist
Transportation : a chartered vehicle
Itinerary
Day 1
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Eco town Center
Hiagari Recycling Center for waste cans and bottles
lunch
Plastic PET Bottle recycling
Citizen community Center
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Day 2
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Waste paper recycling
Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery Studio
Higashida No.1 Blast Furnace
Lunch
Melting furnace
Sightseeing Mojiko Retro
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Where to visit and what to learn
Day 1
Eco Project information center that supports the Eco-town. It introduces initiatives and activities
implemented in Eco-town to encourage people to proactively used the facility for such activities
as environmental study sessions and interaction amongst visitors.
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Hiagari Recycling Center for waste cans and bottles
The Recycling Center where separates cans, bottles and PET bottles collected in
Kitakyushu-city for recycling. And also paper containers and Styrofoam food packs are
separated at this facility.
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Plastic PET Bottle recycling / Nishi-Nippon PET Recycling
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles are sorted by municipalities and recycled into
pellets and flakes, which can be used as raw materials for polyester fibers and egg cartons.
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Citizen community Center
Introduce the Duties of Citizen and Self-government organization for recycling & waste management.
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Day 2
Waste paper recycling / Kyushu Seishi
Refined waste papers is recycled into toilet papers. Sludge generated during the toilet
paper production process is used to produce a foaming inhibitor used by steel works.
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Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery Studio
Museum of Industrial Technology, in April 2007, based on this theme of “innovation,
” the Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio (KIGS) opened in Yahata, Higashida,
where Japan’s mordern steel industry operation was started.
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Museum Building |
World Heritage, Meiji Japan’s Industry Revolution |
Introducing Industry innovation history of Japan |
Equipment and tools which were actually used are exhibited in the square, and you can see
the iron-making process from the raw material （ore and coke）to production of pig iron.
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Name Plate indicated blow-in year |
Blast Furnace proper |
Hot Stove and Stack |
Melting Furnace / Sin-Moji Plant
The collected waste including metals is melted at over 1,700 degree Celsius in the Melting
Furnace and then the melted slag and metals are discharged.
The slag is used as raw materials for pavement and bricks and the metals are re-used for
other steel products. The process and technology of the Melting Furnace can be learned.
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The exotic district, developed as International trading Port where the most famous tourist destination
in Kitakyushu-city.
Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic visited Moji in 1922, and he acclaimed that
everything could see were ARTS.
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The oprions
The following Other facilities related to Recycling and Waste management can be included
as option.
World’s first hydrogen station for vehicle to utilize the wastewater treated in the
Fukuoka Chubu Sewage Treatment Center.
The process has been developed as a result of the verification testing of technology
for hydrogen creation sourced from wastewater biogas.
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The biomass recycling facility that started operations in November 2006.It takes kitchen waste
from the town’s households and restaurants, along with septic tank sludge and raw sewage,
and uses a methane fermentation process to turn it into a biomass that can be used for power
generation. After the fermentation, the digestive fluids are used as liquid fertilizer. Furthermore,
Oki Town was the second in the country to make a zero-waste declaration, which it officially
announced in March 2008 with its Oki Town Mottainai Declaration.
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Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897 , Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture