Abstract
Considering Green Logistics, air pollution, waste disposal and recycling are major 3 factors. Recycling is grappled in many way. On the other hand, waste disposal is not grappled enough in many way, because of the continuous illegal abandonment. Vehicle transport which is a major cause of air pollution is mainly used at present. Vehicle transport is convenient in comparison of railway and ship transport. However, vehicle transport has harmful effects of noise and vibration as well as air pollution on people who reside around roads, in addition to high rate of the occurrence of an accident. In this study, we took note of railway transport which has wide railway network and which is low pollution transport, and we explored the possibility of realization of waste transport by railway system. That is, we adopted 2 precede examples performed in Kawasaki city and Saitama prefecture and we analyzed transport system and carried out interview research. And we evaluated railway transport as the substitute transport by calculating social costs. An example of Kawasaki city introduced first railway transport for the purpose of carrying wastes of hill and inland region to seaside region where new waste disposal center was located in 1995. Another one of Saitama prefecture introduced railway transport for the purpose of carrying earth and soil generated by constructing Saitama New Midtown.
