2022 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 113-133
Within “the proposal on promotion measures for the industrial waste treatment industry”, positioning of industrial waste treatment industries as an infrastructure is heavier year by year. Therefore, the industrial waste treatment industry is expected to attempt continuous development in the region.
On the other hand, there are not many detailed reports on the current status of the acceptance of general waste and disaster waste in industrial waste treatment facilities. Therefore, we surveyed industrial waste disposers who possess incineration facilities and use the main intermediate treatment methods for industrial waste treatment.
A web-based questionnaire using Google Forms was administered to 176 industrial waste disposal companies that have received the approval of good waste treatment providers and possess incineration facilities. Responses were obtained from 31 companies, 15 operators of disaster waste treatment and 10 operators that accept general waste.
The processing capacity of the facilities held by the practicing companies ranged from less than 50 t/d to more than 500 t/d, suggesting their roles as local environmental infrastructure regardless of treatment capacity.
Even if it is assumed that the total amount accepted is treated in the intermediate stage, the amount of disaster waste that can be treated in less than 20 days is taken from the treatment capacity of the facilities held by the operators. Therefore, environmental infrastructures are expected to be used in the future to respond to disasters.
JEL Classifications:Q29, Q53
