Expiration of disposal deadline for waste including PCBs Briefing in Tokyo 18:37 on January 24
The deadline for disposal of harmful PCBs containing polychlorinated biphenyl used in transformers is approaching, and the Ministry of the Environment and others held a briefing in Tokyo on the 24th.
About 170 people participated in the briefing held in Tokyo, including businesses that owned old factories and buildings.
PCBs were used for oil for insulating transformers and capacitors.However, due to a series of health hazards, their production and use were banned. We are.
In Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba prefectures, the disposal of high-voltage transformers and condensers will be disposed of two years later, until the end of March 1932, the disposal of stabilizers in commercial lighting fixtures. It is said that three years later, until the end of March, 1980. At the briefing session, examples found in the warehouse to be dismantled were introduced, calling for a close inspection of the old building so that it would not be overlooked.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, it is estimated that there are approximately 390,000 high-voltage transformers and condensers using high-concentration PCBs nationwide, of which approximately 86% had been disposed of as of March last year, It means that there are likely to be more than 11,000 lost items.
"The disposal deadline is imminent and the government is working to grasp it, but cooperation from business operators is indispensable.