Abstract
The rebuilding of the municipal solid waste disposal facility has been a pressing issue in Machida City. Following discussions on future perspectives for general waste disposal held between the municipal government and citizens, two basic plans were formulated: one plan proposed changing municipal solid waste into usable resources and the other recommended construction of a facility for resource recycling. A method known as DBO (Design Build Operate) was adopted for the construction and management of the new facility, this advocates that building be done on a public basis while operation is taken up by the private sector. The execution policy outlining construction and management for such an energy recovery facility was publicly announced in Machida City in January 2016 and the contract for this project was concluded with entrepreneurs in December 2016. Machida City has been promoting the slogan, “Refuse products that end up in the waste stream・No incineration・No landfill” as its basic philosophy and motto since 2006. Over the past 10 years, the municipality and citizens have worked hand-in-hand to incorporate renewable energy sources and reduce negative impacts to the environment while also utilizing this facility as their municipal general waste disposing facility.
