Widespread disposal of disaster wastes Government support for transportation costs Koizumi Environment Minister Oct 26, 17:17

Nearly all of the transportation costs for visiting the Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, where one of the waste treatment facilities has become unable to operate due to the impact of Typhoon No. 19, and treating disaster waste, etc., produced in the city over a wide area Clarified the policy of subsidizing the country.

Mr. Koizumi, who visited Koriyama City, first visited a residential area in the Suimoncho area, which was particularly damaged, and observed a large amount of disaster waste, such as furniture and clothing, on the street.

After that, I visited the city's waste incineration facility, Fukuyama Clean Center, which has become inoperable due to inundation, and met with Mayor Shinagawa Shinori of Koriyama City.

Part of the garbage from Koriyama City after this damage was brought to temporary incineration facilities in Minamisoma City and Namie Town, which were prepared by the government to handle the disaster waste from the Great East Japan Earthquake. During the meeting, Mr. Koizumi told the government that the government will subsidize almost all the transportation costs.

Completed after the talks, Koizumi Minister of the Environment told reporters, "so that as early disaster waste a day from everyone around us is eliminated, carry-out from the familiar temporary storage to secondary storage site to the prospect of the end of the year He said going to move in the expected ", the prospect of the end of the year, we have reiterated the idea of ​​removing the disaster waste from the living area.