Solid waste management tour in Kitaykushu
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
Hiagari Recycling Center for waste cans and bottles
lunch
Plastic PET Bottle recycling / Nishi-Nippon PET Recycling
Citizen community Center
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Day 2
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Waste paper recycling / Kyushu Seishi
Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery Studio
Lunch
Melting Furnace / Sin-Moji Plant
Sightseeing Mojiko Retro
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Option : the following sites can be arranged as option.
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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Introduce Eco Town Project in Kitakyushu-city |
Exhibition hall |
Introduce Recycling business in Kitakyushu-city |
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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Hiagari Recycling Center |
Lecture of separating procedure of household waste |
Visit waste separating places for recycling |
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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Introduce recycling process of PET Bottle |
Visit PET Bottle recycling factory |
Final products from PET Bottle |
Citizen community Center
Introduce the Duties of Citizen and Self-government organization for recycling & waste management.
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Introduce the duties of Citizen & Self-government organization |
Learning how to clean the town by Citizen |
Learning how to make the community for comfortable town
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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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Introduce the waste paper recycling process |
Visit waste paper recycling factory |
Final produst from waste paper is toilet paper |
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 of Industrial Technology |
Introduce 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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Blast Furnace |
Cast house floor |
Torped car |
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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Introduce waste treatment process by Melting Furnace |
Exhibition corner introduce waste separating procedure |
Tapping activity of Melting Furnace |
Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic visited Moji in 1922, and he acclaimed that
everything could see were Arts. The exotic district of Mojiko Retro is visited by more than 2
million tourists a year. Moji-ko Port flourished following its 889 designation as a Special National
Port for exporting coal and other products.
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Mitsui Club, Dr. Albert Einstein stayed in 1922 |
Kaikyo Plaza, the shopping and restaurant area |
Time back to 100 year ago, enjoy romantic atomosphere and beautiful harbor |
Options
Japan’s largest Biotope, the Pradise of creatures made over the year in the waste disposal site.
237 kind of birds including circus spinouts listed on the Japan’s endangered species and 284 kind
of vegetation have been confirmed in the Biotope of 41 hectares.
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Biotope was created from waste disposal land |
Lake in the middle of Biotope |
237 kind of birds including circus have been confirmed |
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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Introduce hydrogen making process from sewage water |
Hydrogen supply system to vehicles |
Fukuoka Chubu Sewage Treatment Center |
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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Introduce biomass recycling process in Oki town |
Visit biomass recycling facility |
Waste collecting containers |
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